I'm about to write a paper about the Athena bomb. One of the people considered wisest said regarding problems with someone: "Praising is not enough, I should praise myself, not allow my divinity to be despised unscathed" (Kolphone) was also shown to be incredibly arrogant and quick to anger. This person was the goddess Athena. Many of the Greek gods could cause trouble both for the people they protected and for each other. Their conflicts, won or lost, are part of what shaped Greek culture. The gods gave the Greeks morals to follow and tools to aid daily life. Among the many of the few are remembered today, like Athena. Those remembered are the most influential of all. Athena is one of the most influential and recognized deities in Greek mythology for giving people both her position as a goddess, the morals or rules she taught through her actions, and innovations for work and pleasure. Athena's birth had some impact on society, although no one knows exactly how she came to be. The only constant in the story is that Zeus, his father, had a headache. Then she burst out of her skull fully grown and complete with armor. The story is also told with a brother of Athena, Hephaestus, who sees Zeus in pain and smashes his head with an ax (Tuccinardi). It is sometimes said that he has no mother, which is not true according to other sources. His mother could also have been Metis. Before Zeus married Hera, he was involved with Metis. It is unclear whether they were married or not. Zeus had to swallow Metis according to a prophecy that she would give birth to a son who would overthrow him, so he would have a headache (Atsma). Her birth shows that regardless of who her parents were, she was still a successful goddess. Athena... in the center of the card... the nymphs crowded her as she worked to see her extraordinary grace. Lydia refused to give Athena credit for teaching her to weave. Athena is not someone to not give credit to because she has a big ego that matches her divinity. She went as an old woman in disguise to tell Lydia to give credit to her skill, but the young girl lashed out at her and dared Athena to unknowingly compete. Each of them wove their own tapestry. When they were finished, Lydia's was as good as Athena's and this infuriated her. He tore down both tapestries and Lydia hanged herself out of fear of her fate. Athena ordered her to live then transformed her into a spider saying that she could now weave anything she wanted (Kolophon). Although her actions were harsh, they showed people that you must always give credit when it is necessary or you may suffer some kind of consequence, as Arachne did. Athena