athena

It’s always been a poetic, perhaps even ethereal name, extensively utilized in Greek myths and poetry. This was the name of Ariel’s father, the undersea king in Disney’s The Tiny Mermaid. It is also the name given to the biggest of the planet Neptune’s moons. Greece is a hot, mountainous nation you need to have water there, but it turned out to be sea-saline. Right after Athena struck, a tiny olive tree grew out of the ground. Kekrope was impressed by Athena’s present and chose her as the city patron. Hence the city was named in the honor of the...