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Athene

deity sky Greek corroborated · 4

Athene is treated as a triple moon goddess. Aristotle stated that Athene was the Moon but not "only" the Moon.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in ancient Greece.

Relationships

co occurs with
the Fates, Hecate, Hera, Demeter, Apollo, Hephaestus, Gorgons
allied with
Zeus
enemy of
chimaera

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
encyclopedia (3)
  1. Aegis (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Arctinus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“He goes on to say that trios of sister goddess in Greek myth refer to the lunar cycle; in the book in question he treats Athene also as a triple moon goddess, noting the statement by Aristotle that Athene was the Moon but not "only" the Moon.”

#19094 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He sometimes lends it to Athene and (rarely) to Apollo.”

#43774 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free

“as fulfilling the same function as did the base of the actual image of Athene in Troy, towards which Cassandra fled from Ajax”

#43935 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free

“the wrath of Athene at the outrage of Ajax on Cassandra”

#44383 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free