Athena and Athens

Pictured here is the installation of the hero Erekhtheus within the sacred precinct of the goddess Athena in Athens. |546 Οἳ δ' ἄρ’ Ἀθήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον |547 δῆ ... Continue reading

The name of the goddess Athena and the name of the citadel of Athens were originally the same, as we see from O.07.078–081 The name of the goddess Athena and the name of the citade ... Continue reading

[The comments that follow are epitomized from Nagy 2015.09.10 §§6–9.] At O.07.078, we see the name Athḗnē for the goddess Athena. At O.07.080 we see the same name Athēnē for the pl ... Continue reading