Athena was on the side of the Greeks, because she hated the Trojans, because Paris was a Trojan. She liked Odysseus especially because he was smart and cunning and tricky, and Athena is the goddess of wisdom.

To find out more about Athena, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:

Bright-Eyed Athena: Stories from Ancient Greece, by Richard Woff.

Athena, by Blake Hoena. For younger kids.

We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera by Doris Orgel and Marilee Heyer. For kids, with a more feminist view.

D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, by Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire.

Greek Religion, by Walter Burkert (reprinted 1987). By a leading expert, for adults. He has sections on each of the Greek gods, and discusses their deeper meanings, and their function in Greek society.

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