athene gamer Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/athene-gamer Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Athene & Poseidon Contest for Attica http://toursmaps.com/athene-poseidon-contest-for-attica.html http://toursmaps.com/athene-poseidon-contest-for-attica.html#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:32:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245785 The natural beauty and resources of Athens and its territory, Attica, attracted the attentions of both Athene and Poseidon. Each claimed them as their own. So they raced in their chariots to the Acropolis and leapt on to the rock. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, and salt water bubbled from beneath the earth. In response, Athene planted a young sapling, a silver-leaved olive tree, which rustled in the breeze. As the two gods prepared to settle their quarrel by brute force, Zeus intervened, first hurling a thunderbolt, which exploded on the ground between them, then appearing in person

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