Nashville’s iconic Athena Parthenos is celebrating her 35th birthday! Meet the artist, champions, and curators behind the ...

Throughout human history, owls have captivated our collective imagination, becoming powerful symbols across diverse cultures ...

Often depicted accompanied by an owl, Athena’s image with this bird highlighted its role as a symbol of wisdom. The owl’s nocturnal nature, keen vision, and mysterious demeanor contributed to these ...

Athena (equivalent of the Roman goddess Minerva), noted for intelligence, cunning, and strategic thinking, is depicted accompanied by an owl, which became her symbol. But many cultures do not ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) — The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin has been the home of a nesting pair of great horned owls for over 10 years. The female owl, named Athena, nests above the ...

Athena and Minerva, the two well-known goddesses, one of the Greeks, the goddess of knowledge, and the Minerva of the Romans, the same, did not choose any other bird as a symbol of their mental power, ...

in which it is the symbol of Athena — the goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and handicrafts, per Britannica. Owls are also nocturnal creatures, so maybe it was simply telling us we work too ...

The Athena is posed extending her hand, as if proffering a small owl, a symbol of her divine wisdom, to the viewer. She wears a lightweight sleeveless tunic that falls to the ground, and a sash-like ...

The tetradrachm, featuring the head of Athena on one side and the owl of Athens on the other, was a powerful symbol of Athenian wealth and influence in the ancient world. Its reappearance on the ...