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-<blockquote>She personifies the clear upper air as well as mental clearness and acuteness, embodying the spirit of truth and divine wisdom. She participates with skill and wisdom in wars to defend the state, but does not fight, like the God of War, with uncontrolled ferocity for sheer love of strife. Her activities in war restore order, and thus she is a goddess of peace. She upholds law and order, encourages the arts by which the state is strengthened, and has invented so many aids to mankind that she is called the Contriver. She is the protectress of the young, the patroness of agriculture, of construction of all kinds, of healing and of music. She is especially devoted to the interests of mankind, for, some say, when Prometheus fashioned men of clay and water it was Athena who breathed life into them.<ref>Catherine Avery, ed., ''The New Century Classical Handbook'' (N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962), p. 186.</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote> Ella personifica la claridad del aire superior, así como la claridad y agudeza mental, encarnando el espíritu de la verdad y la sabiduría divina. Participa con habilidad y sabiduría en las guerras para defender el estado, pero no lucha, como el Dios de la Guerra, con una ferocidad incontrolada por puro amor a la lucha. Sus actividades en la guerra restablecen el orden y, por lo tanto, es una diosa de la paz. Ella defiende la ley y el orden, fomenta las artes mediante las cuales se fortalece el estado y ha inventado tantas ayudas para la humanidad que se la llama la Contribuyente. Es la protectora de la juventud, la patrona de la agricultura, de la construcción de todo tipo, de la curación y de la música. Está especialmente dedicada a los intereses de la humanidad, ya que, según algunos, cuando Prometeo modeló hombres de arcilla y agua, fue Atenea quien les infundió vida. <ref> Catherine Avery, ed., '' The New Century Classical Handbook '' (Nueva York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962), pág. 186. </ref> </blockquote>
 Athena was worshiped all over Greece but especially as the protecting deity of Athens and Attica. As legend has it, both Poseidon and Athena desired to rule Athens. The gods decided that the one who produced a gift most useful to mortals would win the city. According to some versions, Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and produced a horse.  According to other accounts, he produced a fountain of salt water. But it was Athena’s gift that won the favor of the gods: She planted an olive tree. The gods decided that her gift was more useful to mortals and awarded her the city. The olive tree later became the basis of the city’s economy.