Ready for battle since the day of her birth, Athena is the Greek goddess of war, wisdom, inspiration, courage, justice, arts, crafts, and skill. She was born a fully grown warrior, fully dressed in armor and with a loud war cry. Virginity was attributed to her very early and was the basis for the interpretation of her epithets Pallas and Parthenos. Athena's symbols were the olive tree, representing peace, and the owl, representing wisdom. An unsheathed weapon in her hand expresses power and grants protection.more