Athena - Goddess of Wisdom, Strength, Strategy - Pankration Athletes - Ancient Combat Sport - Ceramic Vase

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Clay
Height Size: 26 cm - 10,2 inches
Width: 11 cm - 4,3 inches
Weight: 770 g

Athena, also referred to as Athene, is a very important goddess of many things. She is goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
She is known most specifically for her strategic skill in warfare and is often portrayed as companion of heroes and is the patron goddess of heroic endeavour.
Athena was born from Zeus after he experienced an enormous headache and she sprang fully grown and in armour from his forehead.
Pankration, which literary means ‘all force’ was one of the most popular combat sports in ancient Greece. It combined two other popular sports of antiquity, wrestling and boxing, but kicking was allowed as well. It was a dangerous sport, in which everything was permitted except biting, gouging (stabbing with your finger in your opponent’s eye, nose or mouth) and attacking the genitals. The participants were called pankratiasts. Pankration was first introduced at the thirty-third Olympics in 648 BC. It impressed the crowds immediately because it was more diverse and exciting than any other combat sport they had seen.