The more modern belief though is that the city was named first, and Athena rose up as their mascot, since her name doesn’t really fit with typical naming conventions of the time, but moreso with the way places were named.
Could be why she was also named Pallas Athena sometimes.
Gods really had much more active social lives back in the day…
Running around playing spears with the boys, building tribute statues after you accidentally kill them, making herself living tribute after her statue gets messed up…
Could be why she was also named Pallas Athena sometimes.
Gods really had much more active social lives back in the day…
Running around playing spears with the boys, building tribute statues after you accidentally kill them, making herself living tribute after her statue gets messed up…