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Convert "aegis" in the symbols section to Aegis, with a link ArtemisDay (talk) 12:13, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've linked the earliest mention of the word in the article, which is in the "Pallas Athena" section. Is this what you were requesting? If you mean in the infobox, the term is already linked there. – Michael Aurel (talk) 00:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done M.Bitton (talk) 01:27, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Minoan" origin

Under the "Origins" section, the article mentions a reading of a "Minoan" inscription as "a-ta-no-dju-wa-ja". However, this reading does not appear to be accepted by scholarly consensus, nor is it accompanied by a citation. Jasasarame (talk) 17:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Athena equivalents

Since the Goddess Athena has been equated with Isis by Plutarch I think we should put it in the article. Given that Neith is there another goddess equated with Isis. A side note would love to add other deities equated with Athena similar to Aphrodite with the source as a reference. Сяра (talk) 19:11, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add any reliably sourced content to the article's body. I assume you're referring to the infobox, though. Any information presented in the infobox (especially equivalencies) should, per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, be discussed in the article's body, be accompanied there by unambiguous sourcing, and be significant enough to Athena to be considered a key fact about her. Regarding Aphrodite's article, those equivalencies have been removed from her infobox because they aren't discussed in the article. – Michael Aurel (talk) 01:33, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride from J. Gwyn Griffiths I think could be used as a source Сяра (talk) 19:30, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you're referring to Moralia 376 A, that only indicates that the Egyptians identified the two (or that they referred to Isis as "Athena"), not that the Greeks did. – Michael Aurel (talk) 01:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems reasonable to see how the Egyptians saw this foreign goddess as equivalent to their own Сяра (talk) 09:26, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why? She's a Greek goddess. Remember we're talking about the infobox (not just the article's prose), which should be reserved for information that is especially important to the subject of the article. This is also the definition at interpretatio graeca: gods of various cultures whom the Greeks or Romans identified [...] with their own gods and heroes (emphasis mine). Besides, Athena was identified with numerous goddesses from the Near East, Egypt, and Anatolia; what makes the identification with Isis especially significant here? – Michael Aurel (talk) 13:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tritonis

Under Tritonegeia is someone able to add a reference to Book 2 Line 226 of the Aeneid where the twin serpents that attacked Laocoon retreat to the "citadel of savage Tritonis" Whenever I try to add this the browser crashes Sulpicia Rufae (talk) 21:50, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Athena's attemped rebellion against Zeus

In the Illiad, Athena, Hera and Poseidon, after some hesitation, went against Zeus' orders during the Trojan War, breaking the rule of not interfering with mortal affairs. It is revealed that the rebelled against Zeus before with the purpose of overthrowing him in the past, which is very interesting in Athena's side because despite she is considered his favorite child, there are many myths in which he mistreated (albeit indirectly) like how she and her mother Metis (who raised her and made sure she was armed before she escaped, by the way) were swallowed, and how he was the reason Pallas died. Thus, I think her attempted rebellion should be added to her page. Alexandra Guardián Oporto (talk) 17:28, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]