McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Athena

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Athena


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a name given Minerva by the Greeks, because she was never nursed as other children, but was brought forth from her father's head in full strength. Plato, however, thinks she was so named because of her skill in divine things, while others say because she was never enslaved.