Quiet Moment for Athena

Athena is the Goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, war and agriculture.  Of course popular culture tends to focus on her warlike side...however one of my favorite stories about Athena involves the young maiden Arachne.  Arachne was said to be the best weaver and even claimed to be better than Athena herself! Of course Athena challenged Arachne and when she lost to Arachne she became enraged and beat Arachne with the shuttle of her loom and Arachne hung herself with it.  When Athena realised what she had done she felt remorse and sorrow and brought the girl back to life as a spider and to this day her daughters weave and spin all over the earth.  This is why we call spiders arachnids.  In hid a daughter of Arachne in this drawing.  Also, I have included a young owl which is a symbol of her wisdom.