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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 165140, member: 33"]Athena is a virgin goddess, and patroness of the city of Athens. She is also the goddess of wisdom. If the person who created this image knew anything about her they would not have put her in a situation like this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to this site <a href="http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html</a> </p><p>"Athena is a virgin goddess, but she has a son. Athena is credited with being part-mother of Erichthonius, a half-snake half-man creature, through an attempted rape by Hephaestus, whose seed spilled on her leg. When Athena wiped it off, it fell to earth (Gaia) who became the other part-mother."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 165140, member: 33"]Athena is a virgin goddess, and patroness of the city of Athens. She is also the goddess of wisdom. If the person who created this image knew anything about her they would not have put her in a situation like this. :):eek: According to this site [URL]http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html[/URL] "Athena is a virgin goddess, but she has a son. Athena is credited with being part-mother of Erichthonius, a half-snake half-man creature, through an attempted rape by Hephaestus, whose seed spilled on her leg. When Athena wiped it off, it fell to earth (Gaia) who became the other part-mother."[/QUOTE]
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