With that gift, she won the patronage of a city that later honored her by building the Parthenon.
Along with Hephaestus, this deity was honored in the Chalceia festival, in which women wove a sacred peplos—depicting this deity's defeat of the giant Enceladus during the Gigantomachy—to honor her as the patron of handicrafts. After the fall of Troy, Cassandra embraced a statue of this goddess and begged for protection before being abducted by Ajax the Lesser. In one myth, this goddess overshadowed Poseidon's gift of a salt spring with her gift of the first domesticated olive tree. With that gift, she won the patronage of a city that later honored her by building the Parthenon. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of the military and wisdom, the patron of Athens.
Along with Hephaestus, this deity was honored in the Chalceia festival, in which women wove a sacred peplos—depicting this deity's defeat of the giant Enceladus during the Gigantomachy—to honor her as the patron of handicrafts.
Pallas Athena [or Athena Polias, Athena Ergane, or Athena Promachos]