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#Metis

Titaness of cunning; first wife of Zeus, mother of Athena.

A black-figure Panathenaic prize amphora: the goddess Athena Promachos strides to the left between two columns, helmeted, brandishing a spear and holding a round shield, her aegis across her chest.
Greek

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War

She was born from her father's skull in full armour, spear already levelled, and the whole of Olympus reeled at the sight of a daughter equal to Zeus.

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