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EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES

  • Prof. Dr. Shahida Manzoor/
  • Dr. Umaira Hussain Khan/
  • November 25, 2022
Keywords
Keywords: Myth, Athena, Literary, Visual, Believes, Imagination, Art.
Abstract

The Myth of Athena is one of the most interesting myths in

the Greek mythology. It has great influence over the Greek

arts. This paper investigates some of the literary and historical

sources in order to analyze the Myth of Athena. The

investigation shed light the way Homer and Hesiod stated the

myth of Athena and how it was reinterpreted in the visual arts.

The paper suggests that on the basis of these literary, historical

and visual arts examples one can reconstruct the Myth of

Athena, and can see how Greek people thought about their

gods. How myths are the reflection of believes and

imagination of Greeks and how it has influenced the art of the

subsequent generations.

 

References

*Principal, University College of Art and Design, University of Punjab,

Lahore, Pakistan.

** Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University of

Karachi, Karachi.

1 It is hard to say that religious mythology can be separated from

mythical because they both adjoined with each other. See Nilsson,

P. Martin. A History of Greek religion, pp. 45

2 Nillsson, p. 47

3 Kerenyi, C. p. 1-2

4 Homeric Hymn to Athena 1,7, 16. Source: Palagia p. 18

Also see Homeric Hymn 28. It is suggested that about twenty-eight

Hymns were written by Homer in order to draw a magnificent

picture of Athena, her nature and her first arrival among gods. For

further research see Walter F. Otto Homeric Gods p.44

5 Hesiod Works and Days & Theogony, pp.85-86 (Translated

Stanley Lombardo)

6 Kerenyi, p. 11

7 Some of the Giants were also known as Pallas. See C. Kerenyi p.

120

8 Kerenyi, p. 119

9 Kerenyi, p. 119-120

10 Kerenyi, p. 128

11 Otto, F. Walter, p. 58

12 Otto, P.58

13 Iliad, 11.477-479

14 Kerenyi, p. 49

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15 Kerenyi, p. 50

16 Otto, p. 45

17 Carpenter, H. Thomas, p. 46

18 Buitron-Oliver, Diana, p. 29

19 Brommer, Frank, p. 15

20 Brommer, p. 52-58

21 Buitron-Oliver, p. 31

22 Versenyi, p. 20

23 Otto, p.50

24 Boardman, John. p. 12

25 Boardman, p. 12

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Shahida Manzoor, P. D., & Khan, D. U. H. (2023). EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES. کھوج, 42(1), 1–20. http://khoj.ipcs.edu.pk/website/journal/article/64538edd8f47d/page

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[1]Shahida Manzoor, P.D. and Khan, D.U.H. 2023. EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES. کھوج. 42, 1 (May 2023), 1–20.
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SHAHIDA MANZOOR, Prof. Dr.; KHAN, Dr. Umaira Hussain. EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES. کھوج, v. 42, n. 1, p. 1–20, 4 May2023.
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[1]P. D. Shahida Manzoor and D. U. H. Khan, “EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES”, کھوج, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 1–20, May 2023, Accessed: May 23, 2026. [Online]. Available: http://khoj.ipcs.edu.pk/website/journal/article/64538edd8f47d/page

            

                    
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Shahida Manzoor, Prof. Dr., and Dr. Umaira Hussain Khan. “EXPLORATION OF A MYTH OF ATHENA AS FOUND IN THE HISTORICAL SOURCES”. کھوج, vols. 42, no. 1, May 2023, pp. 1–20, http://khoj.ipcs.edu.pk/website/journal/article/64538edd8f47d/page.

            

                    
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