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Episode 64, the Protectress of Athens.

Although the ancient Athenians believed that they received their name after their patron deity, Athena,

the goddess's name is probably an eponym of the city of Athens itself and not the other way around.

In other words, the city predates the existence of the goddess and thus lends its name to

her, not actually Athens taking its name from Athena.

In a linear B tablet from Nausos,

there is the inscribed name of Aetana Potnya,

or Potnya Athana, which is often translated

as the mistress or Lady Athena.

There is a majority belief among scholars that Athena was an origin, a Minoan or Mycenaean

deity, perhaps identical with the shield goddess who appears on a painted tablet Mycini itself.

As a warrior goddess who protected the King and Citadel, this mistress had parallels in the near East,

with Ishtar and Anat, and in Egypt with Neith.

In later times, she was syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

Still, the exact relationship between the Bronze Age goddess and the Athena of the classical Greeks is unclear, since gaps and inconsistencies in the archaeological evidence mean that we cannot demonstrate continuity of worship.

Still, Athena's sanctuaries and temples are very often found at the city center,

particularly on fortified heights like the Athenian Acropolis, In Greek towns of the early Iron Age, her

dwelling place was often juxtaposed to that of the local chieftain her king.

Later, she championed the Polish with its varied forms of government.

She presided over the arts of war, such as the taming of horses, the training of warriors, and the

Godess of crafts, particularly weaving and metalworking, she invokes the palace economies of the Bronze Age.

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