The Story of Athena

Once upon a time, in a land far away, there wasthe village. Attene told them all the invaders had
a small village. Each morning, you could see thewere bows and arrows. She would teach the men
men, in their heavy animal skin coats, herding thehow to use these weapons also. The men were
sheep up to the mountain pastures. These ruggedshocked. This woman not only knew how to use
men, with their long beards and fierce eyes wouldthese new weapons but was also willing to teach
be accompanied by their half tamed dogs. Thethem. The men accepted her offer.The next time
men would stay up in the mountain pastures forthe villagers saw the marauders advancing to
the day, with only their dogs as companions.their village, they quickly went to Attene and told
When their sons were old enough, the sons wouldher. She positioned the men around the village, in
take part of the herd to a different pasture tovarious hiding spots. They could see the
graze.Down in the small village, the women,marauders, but the invaders could not see them.
dressed in their drab clothing, would tend theAttene stood in the middle of the village and
garden, do chores and prepare the evening meal.waited. The marauders rushed up to her,
When the girls were old enough, they would helpdemanding to know where the men were and
with the chores around the small house. The girlswhere their payment was. Attene told them the
fed the chickens, collected the eggs, helped washpayment had stopped and they should leave
the clothes in the small stream that meanderedimmediately. When the chief of the marauders
by the village.Sometimes there was a conflict withmade a threatening gesture toward her, she
neighboring villages, as all the men wanted thepulled out a knife and killed him. The men of the
best pasture land for their herds. None of thesevillage saw this, gained courage and used the
people had any idea of weapons. When there wasbows and arrows she had taught them to make
a fight, it was usually with fisticuffs.Men fromand use. They felled most of the marauders and
another place invaded this small pastoral land.the rest scattered, never to return to that
These other men had weapons. They used bowsvillage.Attene stayed in the village, and taught
and arrows, killed some of the villagers and stolethem many things. She showed the women how
some of their herds. Then these invadersto use herbs as cures. She gave counsel to
demanded payment for leaving the villages alone.disagreements that occasionally occurred. She
Some of the young girls were taken as prizes forbecame the wise woman of the village.
these roving bands of marauders.This situationSurrounding villages heard of her and came to
went on for a long time. One day, a womanlearn also. Soon the length and breath of that far
appeared in this village. She was tall, had black hairaway land knew of Attene and her
and green eyes just as fierce as the men of thewisdom.Attene was a very old woman when she
village. The villagers immediately did not trust thisdied. The villagers buried her in a place of honor.
newcomer. They had never seen anyone withMany generations from that time on, bowed in
green eyes before.The men gathered to challengerespect as they passed her resting place. The
her as they believed she was really a spy thestory of Attene was handed down from
invaders had sent. When one of the men went togeneration to generation, of her wisdom, and her
strike her, she immediately set him on hisability to win battles. Of course, over time the
hindquarters. When another man tried to strikestories became more and more exaggerated.Her
her, she did the same to him. The men wereresting place was forgotten, but not the story of
taken back. A woman could best them was aAttene. The story became legend, and the legend
shock to them. After all, women were weak andbecame myth. Her name changed over time, and
belonged in the home. They were not supposedshe began to be called Athene. Athene gradually
to know how to fight. The men demandedchanged to Athena.This is why the Greek
answers from this strange woman.She told themgoddess Athena is the goddess of wisdom and of
she came from a far off land. When her homewar.She is the only one of the Greek gods that
was destroyed, she became a wanderer. As shesprang full grown from the head of Zeus.
liked mountains, she decided to come to theirMythology tells us she had no mother. This is
area. The men decided she would be allowed tobecause she was once a real person who had
stay for a little while. When asked her name, shegone to Greece after her home was
simply said my name is Attene.Attene had been indestroyed.Athena was a high priestess in Atlantis.
the village for a few days, when the maraudersShe carried the knowledge of that ancient
returned. She watched, but said nothing as theycivilization with her when she left. She was safely
took part of the herd, and two young girls. Afteraway when her home sink beneath the
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