| Names: | Athena; Pallas; Tritogeneia; Lat. Minerva. |
| Epithets: | Owl-eyed; Polias (City-guardian); Parthenos (Virgin); Promachos (Fighter); Ergana (Artisan). |
| Powers: | Wisdom; war; crafts. |
| Attributes and symbols: | Owl; snake; olive tree; helmet and spear; breast-plate with the head of Medusa. |
| Gifts to mortals: | Olive tree. Areopagus, the criminal court of Athens (instituted for the trial of Orestes). |
| Origin: | Born in full armor from the head of Zeus who had swallowed Metis (Counsel), her mother-to-be. |
| Loves: | --- (Virgin) |
| Spouse: | --- |
| Children: | --- (Although she is courotrophos - care-taker of the baby: she finds the half-snake baby Erichtonius, born from the earth (Ge), and cares for him in Acropolis of Athens. |
| Chosen people/places: | Attica and Athens (of her name). |
| Pageant: | Panathenaeic procession in Athens, presenting the goddess with the new peplos. |
| Allies/ favorites: | Hephaestus; Prometheus; Cecrops, Erichtonius/ Erechteus (ancient kings of Attica); Perseus; Heracles; Achilles; Odysseus; Telemachus; Orestes. |
| Adversaries: | Aphrodite and Hera (rivals in the beauty contest); Ares; Poseidon (rival for patronage over Attica); Ajax (raped Cassandra at her altar); Arachne (challenged her in weaving). |
| Victims: | Arachne (turned into spider); Titan (or girl) Pallas; Laocoon and sons. |
| Notes: | Generally juxtapposed with the Near-Eastern goddess Anat. |