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Pallas Athene, Crowned in Olive Leaves. 

I’d really like to do a set of these- all twelve Olympians. But we know how I am on following through with personal art projects. Anyway, here’s the grey-eyed goddess, accompanied with her spear, aegis, and owl. 

I recently read that the owl became a symbol for Athene due to its intense stare, comparable to the goddess’s bright grey eyes; so I created an owl-faced design motif around the openings of her helmet. The brow of the helmet features an olive tree; her contribution to the city of Athens and ultimately the reason she was chosen as the city’s namesake. 

“Fish rarely get love from people in the way that dogs or dolphins do when they should.”