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Owl of Athena, the Glossary

In Greek mythology, a little owl (Athene noctua) traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom, or Minerva, her syncretic incarnation in Roman mythology.^[1]

46 relations: Agathocles of Syracuse, Aristophanes, Athena, Athens, Battle of Salamis, Carthage, Corone (crow), Crow, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Epopeus, Existential Comics, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German idealism, Greek mythology, Incarnation, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lesbos, Little owl, Lysistrata, Marija Gimbutas, Martin P. Nilsson, Metamorphoses, Minerva, Minoan religion, Myth, Numismatics, Nyctimene (mythology), Old Europe (archaeology), Origin myth, Ovid, Panathenaic amphora, Panathenaic Games, Parthenon, Philochorus, Plutarch, Poseidon, Roman mythology, Syncretism, Tetradrachm, The Birds (play), Themistocles, Thomas Aquinas, W. Geoffrey Arnott, Western world, Wisdom.
Birds on coins
Coins of ancient Greece
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Owls in culture
Symbols of Athena

Agathocles of Syracuse

Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς, Agathoklḗs; 361–289 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse (317–289 BC) and self-styled king of Sicily (304–289 BC).

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Aristophanes

Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy.

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Athena

Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Battle of Salamis

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes.

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Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

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Corone (crow)

In Greek and Roman mythology, Corone (crow) is a young woman who attracted the attention of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and was saved by Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

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Crow

A crow (pronounced) is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly, a synonym for all of Corvus.

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 May 1860 – 21 June 1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar.

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Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Elements of the Philosophy of Right (Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts) is a work by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel published in 1820, though the book's original title page dates it to 1821.

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Epopeus

In Greek mythology, Epopeus (derived from ἐπωπάω (epōpáō, "to look out", "observe"), from ἐπί (epí, "over") and ὄψ (óps, "eye")) was the name of the following figures.

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Existential Comics

Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy.

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German idealism

German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Incarnation

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

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Lesbos

Lesbos or Lesvos (Lésvos) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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Little owl

The little owl (Athene noctua), also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Palearctic east to Korea, and North Africa. Owl of Athena and little owl are Symbols of Athena.

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Lysistrata

Lysistrata (or; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, Lysistrátē) is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BCE.

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Marija Gimbutas

Marija Gimbutas (Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė,; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.

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Martin P. Nilsson

Martin Persson Nilsson (Stoby, Kristianstad County, 12 July 1874 – Lund, 7 April 1967) was a Swedish philologist, mythographer, and a scholar of the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman religious systems.

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The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōsēs, from μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid.

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Minerva

Minerva (Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy.

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Minoan religion

Minoan religion was the religion of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization of Crete.

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Myth

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.

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Numismatics

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.

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Nyctimene (mythology)

Nyctimene (she who stays up at night) was, according to Greek and Roman mythology, a princess and a rape victim, the daughter of Epopeus, a king of Lesbos. Owl of Athena and Nyctimene (mythology) are owls in culture.

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Old Europe (archaeology)

Old Europe is a term coined by the Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas to describe what she perceived as a relatively homogeneous pre-Indo-European Neolithic and Copper Age culture or civilisation in Southeast Europe, centred in the Lower Danube Valley.

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Origin myth

An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Panathenaic amphora

Panathenaic amphorae were the amphorae, large ceramic vessels, that contained the olive oil given as a prize in the Panathenaic Games.

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Panathenaic Games

The Panathenaic Games (Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD.

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Parthenon

The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας|Parthenónas|) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.

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Philochorus

Philochorus of Athens (Φιλόχορος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; 340 BC – 261 BC), was a Greek historian and Atthidographer of the third century BC, and a member of a priestly family.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

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Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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Tetradrachm

The tetradrachm (tetrádrachmon) was a large silver coin that originated in Ancient Greece. Owl of Athena and tetradrachm are coins of ancient Greece.

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The Birds (play)

The Birds (Órnithes) is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.

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Themistocles

Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) was an Athenian politician and general.

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Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas (Aquino; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.

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W. Geoffrey Arnott

William Geoffrey Arnott (17 September 1930 – 1 December 2010) was a British Hellenist who was Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Leeds.

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Western world

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.

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Wisdom

Wisdom (sapience, sagacity) is the act of using one's depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to do good by oneself and others.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_of_Athena

Also known as Athena's owl, Athene's owl, Glaucus (owl), Minerva's Owl, Minerva's Owls, Owl of Athene, Owl of Minerva, Owls of Minerva, The Owl of Minerva.

Owl of Athena, the Glossary

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See also

Birds on coins

Coins of ancient Greece

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Owls in culture

Symbols of Athena

References