Athena Under the Sacred Olive Tree Statue Virgin_Mary_Statue The tyet (Ancient Egyptian: tjt)

The tyet (Ancient Egyptian: tjt)

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“A mind is a terrible thing to waste

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whose light rivalled that of Ra's

Athena Under the Sacred Olive Tree Statue Virgin_Mary_Statue The tyet (Ancient Egyptian: tjt)Goddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favourite daughter of Zeus, Athena was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods. Zeus was told that his son would take his throne from him, just as he had taken power from his father Cronus. Accordingly, when Metis was pregnant, he swallowed her and Athena was born from Zeus head, wearing armour and fully grown. A popular theme in ancient art, Hephaistos