Athena Aglaótimos - Splendidly Honored

Her appeal would be that she is beautiful, intelligent, deadly, and unattainable.

Athena the Wise

Pallas Athene, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves deeds of war, the sack of cities and the shouting and the battle. It is she who saves the people as they go out to war and come back. Hail, goddess, and give us good fortune with happiness!

— Ernest Dowson

another summer blooms underneath my skin.

- @academic-vampire

Throwback to last year at the Louvre when I saw a little girl sitting on the ground looking up to the statue of the goddess Athena. Probably the most Renaissance-like and powerful picture I ever took. 

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don't give up

I think this picture is gorgeous

[ the good place, 2x13 / the overstory, richard powers / unknown / “don’t carry it all,” the decemberists / thoodleoo ]

Athene noctua is also related to Athena etymologically: γλαυξ (glaux, used to describe the little owl), the word connected to γλαυκός (glaukos, "bright", "light blue", "light grey", "gleaming"), is also connected to the epithet γλαυκῶπις (glaukopis, "of gleaming eyes") that was a constant epithet of Athena. They were probably associated because of the "gleaming" eyes of the little owls. The specific shade of that "gleaming" might also be descriptive of the bluish shine on olives when they're ripe, which would connect to another specific attribute of Athena.