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1. Athena

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   Genealogy and Birth
   Athena’s parentage is unique among the Olympians. Her mother was Metis (personification of wise counsel), the first wife of Zeus. Fearing a prophecy that Metis would bear a son destined to overthrow him, Zeus took the unprecedented action of swallowing Metis whole while she was pregnant [^1]. Following this unusual ingestion, Zeus experienced a splitting headache of immense proportion. Hephaestus, or sometimes Prometheus, was called upon to split Zeus's skull open with an axe, from which Athena emerged ful…