Athena

Athena, also Athene, is the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom, particularly in the arts, of war as of peace. In Greek mythology, she was also the patron goddess of Athens, and personification of wisdom. She was happily called by Ruskin the "'Queen of the Air,' in the heavens, in the earth, and in the heart".

She is said to have been the conception of Metis, to have issued full-armed from the brain of Zeus, and in this way the child of both wisdom and power. She wears a helmet, and bears on her left arm the ægis with the Medusa's head. The olive among trees, and the owl among animals, were sacred to this goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, and warfare.