Gods and Goddesses of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including . Heracles, Jason, and . Odysseus. In classical myth she never had a consort or lover, and thus was often known as Athena Parthenos ("Athena the virgin"), hence her most famous temple, the Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens. ................
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