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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (46187)	2/1/2000 12:13:00 AM
From: jpmac	Respond to of 71178

lol, and for further illucidation on the head-cracking birth, or the day Zeus had a really bad headache: The Birth of Athena The story of Athena's birth is a very unusual story. There first was a prophecy that the goddess Metis would give birth to two exceptional children. Metis, whose name means "wisdom" would give birth to first a daughter named Athena. Athena would equal her father in strength and in wisdom. This obviously is quite a powerful daughter, for Zeus is to be the father. Secondly Metis would give birth to an incredible son that would be destined to rule over all gods and mortals at once. The all powerful Zeus whose lustful needs seem to be insatisfiable, soon came to his consort Metis and conceived a child. The child grew inside of Metis, which we know to be Athena, and the birthdate came closer and closer. When the day was near, Gaea and Uranus, the grandparents of the Thunderbolt wielding Zeus gave counsel to him. Gaea and Uranus warned Zeus of the prophecy about the children of Metis, Zeus was very worried that he would be overthrown and lose his position on top of Mount Olympus. The crafty Zeus was urged to take action against Metis to stop the child from being born. Zeus decieved Metis with tactiful words and swallowed her up when she came near. Zeus had swallowed his mate and there she stayed in his stomach. Wise Zeus thinking that his worries are over, had one problem that was about to spring forth. One day Zeus, god of the thunderbolt, began to feel a strong pain in his head that would not go away. Little did he know about the pain in his head. Just when he thought that he could not stand the pain any longer, from his massive head sprang forth the bright-eyed goddess Athena, shining in her golden armor, glistening in the air fully grown landing on the ground with a tremendous sound. Pallas Athena, Tritogeneia, stood there in all her magnificence, with the rest of the gods in awe of her presence. Almighty Zeus rejoiced in praise of his favorite daughter, the virgin goddess Athena. Pallas Athena Tritogeneia The title of Tritogeneia is associated with Athena, but its origins are not entirely clear. Some scholars believe that the title is given to her for her origin of birth, the river or lake Triton, sometimes called Tritonis. Triton lies either somewhere in Libya or Boeotia. It is sometimes thought that Athena was earlier associated as a goddess of water or the sea. The god Triton, who presumeably is the god of that body of water, trained the arts of war to Athena and his daughter Pallas. Athena and Pallas sparred many times honing each others battle skills, until one day when Pallas was going to strike Athena down. Zeus Cloudbearer used his divine intervention to stop the attack on his daughter, giving Athena the aegis. Pallas was confused seeing the cloak and Athena used the opportunity to kill Pallas in battle. Seeing the girl die Athena realized what she had done and regretted her actions terribly. Bright-eyed Athena carved a wooden statue of Pallas and placed the aegis upon it, giving the statue to the Trojans which built the city of Troy around it. The name of the statue is the Palladium, which plays a large part in the Trojan War. Athena took the name Pallas for herself in honor of the fallen maiden, which the name Pallas means, "maiden". Note: There are many variations about the actual birth of Athena, one story has Haphaestus split the head of Zeus to relieve the pain, and Athena springing forth in her glory. Other myths add the detail of Athena crying out thunderously as she emerges from the head, with a thunderstorm rising in the background. All of these myths have the same similar facts, that Athena sprang forth from the head of Zeus in all her armor in all of her prowess, being born from a male and not a female. A similarity close to that of Aphrodite and being born from the male genitals of Uranus and of the sea foam..