Athene

Name: Athene
Brand: imagocorvi
SKU: 481429359
Price: 114.61 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (25 reviews)

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Handmade item
Materials: copper, vitreous enamel, glass beads, red brass beads

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis.

Zeus discovered that if he had a son by Metis this son would be mightier than him. So he tricked Metis into becoming a fly and swallowed her. However, Metis was pregnant with Athena at the time and when Athena was born, Zeus was plagued with headaches. He went to Hephaestus (Smith God) and begged him to open his head. Hephaestus did, and out popped Athena, full grown and ready for battle.

Athene was in interesting and complex goddess. She invented the flute, the trumpet, the earthenware pot, the plough, the rake, the ox-yoke, the horse-bridle, the chariot, the ship and the science of numbers (all things generally though of as masculine arts) but she was also the first teacher of women's arts: weaving, cooking, and spinning.

She was goddess of wisdom, strategic battle and crafts. She, along with Artemis and Hestia, was a virgin goddess.

This piece is made of vitreous fired enamel with a brown under-glaze and a hand painted black (and sometimes white) over-glaze, which then has added sgraffito details. The copper is shaped by hand before firing. The beads are coated glass and red brass.

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