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Greek Mythology. Athena is the daughter of Zeus, coming from his head clothed in armor. According to Hesiod, Athena's mother was Metis, but Zeus tricked Metis and assimilated or incorporated Athena into himself before her birth.
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"Hephaestus and Athena, brother and sister deities, in mind and art united, obtained as their lot the land of Attica..."
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Greek Mythology is filled with tales of how the gods came into being, the birth of heroes, and the horrors of monsters. There's the story of Oedipus, the adventures of Odysseus, and so many other tales...

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