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- [Narrator] The Gods are
immortal and invincible.
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United, they're capable of beating
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the most malicious divinities.
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Disunited, the world would return
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to the chaos from which it came.
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These divinities are
proud, susceptible, vain.
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They possess both
cunning and intelligence,
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and when they use these two qualities,
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it is usually to quarrel,
to plot, to betray.
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Deep down, the gods are not
that different from mortals.
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They succumb to the same
two passions, love and hate.
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However, one day a god appeared
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who was wiser, more
rational than the others,
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capable of uniting instead of dividing.
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Of constructing peace
rather than preparing war.
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A God profoundly planted
on the side of reason,
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as opposed to those who let themselves
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be guided by their passions.
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This god came to the world, but this god
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was a goddess, Athena.
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For an exceptional divinity
and exceptional birth,
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Zeus' first wife was the nymph Metis,
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whose name signifies both
prudence and cunning.
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Despite a few storms brought
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about by the king of the god's infidelity,
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this was the happy couple.
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And then one day, two other divinities,
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Gaia, the Earth, and Uranus the sky
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came and knocked at the door
of the master of Olympus.
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They delivered a worrying prediction.
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After having given birth to a girl,
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Metis would have a boy, and this boy
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would surpass his father in cunning
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and in power, and would
eventually dethrone him.
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Zeus is a king with no rival,
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and he intends to stay that way.
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He conquered his throne through fierce
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fighting and has no
intention of sharing it,
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even less of concealing it.
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So when Metis was on the
point of giving birth,
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Zeus who was never short of a trick
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sent his wife a challenge, just how great
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a metamorphoses was she capable of?
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Metis, far from imagining
what was really going
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on entered into the game.
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She went through a series of incredible
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transformations until urged on by Zeus,
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she turned herself into a drop of water.
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Zeus congratulated her,
applauded and swallowed her.
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Delighted with the tricky at play,
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the king of the gods
went about his business.
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A short time later, Zeus was overcome
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with atrocious headaches.
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So sharp was the pain that he called
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upon all the divinities
of Olympus for help.
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To ease his father, his son Hephaestus,
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god of blacksmiths,
struck him a terrible blow
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on the head with his sledgehammer.
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Immediately, wonder of wonders,
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a young girl armed and helmeted,
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sprang out of the crack.
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She gave a deafening war cry,
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which echoed around Olympus.
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The Gods were struck with fear,
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the rivers and the seas
swelled up with roaring waves,
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and the son reigned in his fire horses.
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Athena had just been born.
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Athena possesses the prudence
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and wisdom of her mother, Metis,
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but also the intelligence
of her father Zeus.
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She is double, she is a woman,
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but she is dedicated to the game of war,
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which for the Greeks is men's business.
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For Zeus, she is and will
always be his favorite child
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who will forgiven everything.
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Zeus entrusts the river god,
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Triton, with Athena's education.
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Triton himself has a daughter, Pallas.
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Very quickly, the two young
goddesses become inseparable.
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But one day, during
single combat training,
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as Pallas prepares to strike Athena,
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Zeus, afraid for his daughter, steps in.
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Surprised by the appearance
of the king of the gods,
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the unfortunate Pallas drops her guard
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and receives a terrible blow from Athena,
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an involuntary blow, but a fatal one.
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Athena's sadness is immense.
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She has lost a sister.
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So, as a sign of her pain, she decides
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to place her friend's name before her own.
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Hence forth, she will
be called Pallas Athena.
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Athena grows up, her beauty dazzles
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all those who meet her, but
Athena remains insensitive.
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She fends off all
advances, she is a virgin
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and she intends to stay that way.
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One God however, relentlessly
pursues her, Hephaestus.
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Hephaestus is the ugliest,
the most graceless
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of all the gods.
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A limping blacksmith, it is he who with
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a blow of his sledgehammer
brought Athena into the world.
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He is even more in love with her since
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being recently abandoned
by his wife, Aphrodite.
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One morning, Athena comes
to Hephaestus' forge.
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She has come to order
some weapons from him.
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Hephaestus is quick to tell her that he
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will accept no payment, that he will carry
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out his work just for the love of her.
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Flattered, Athena accepts.
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A few days later, the goddess
comes to collect her weapons.
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Hephaestus at first greets her amicably,
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then suddenly fired with desire
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unable to control himself, he throws
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himself on Athena and tries to abuse her.
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In reality, Hephaestus
who does not usually
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behave so crudely is the victim of a dirty
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trick played by no other
than Poseidon, Zeus' brother.
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Poseidon and Athena have
always been fierce rivals,
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and Poseidon has used Hephaestus
to cause the goddess harm.
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A few hours earlier, he had led him
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to believe that Athena was on her way
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to the forge, and that she was longing
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for Hephaestus to ardently court her.
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Athena struggles, pushes
away the blacksmith
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and takes flight.
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Despite being lame, Hephaestus manages
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to catch up with her, and
again tries to take her.
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He is so clumsy that he tears her tunic.
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He catches site of the goddess' naked body
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in all its splendor.
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Hephaestus is captivated.
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Athena takes advantage of his confusion
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to free herself, but just as she
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is about to escape, a long jet of semen
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lands on her thigh.
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In disgust, Athena grabs
a piece of woolen cloth,
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wipes herself, and throws
the cloth on the ground.
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But as the cloth hits
the floor, it fertilizes
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Gaia, the mother earth.
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Gaia is now pregnant through
the desire of Hephaestus.
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And sometime later, Gaia
gives birth to a child.
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It is a strange creature,
half-man, half-snake.
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Horrified, Gaia announces that she refuses
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to bring up the child.
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But not to worry, Athena
will look after him.
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She adopts him.
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She names this child
sprung from the ground
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Erichthonius, which
signifies autochthones.
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She hides him in a sacred
basket, which she gives
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to one of her high priestesses,
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with orders to take great care of him.
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But one day as she returns from a feast
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carrying the sacred basket in which
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the young Erichthonius is dozing,
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her two sisters, burning with curiosity
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lift the lid of the basket.
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When they see the snake-tailed
child, they panic,
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scream in terror, and throw themselves
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from the top of the Acropolis.
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Athena races forward, and taking
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the child from its makeshift cradle,
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she carries him to safety within
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the walls of her temple.
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For days on end, she brings him up
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with so much love that everyone who sees
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them is convinced that the goddess
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is his real mother.
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At that time, the gods
lived in their palaces
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on Olympus, but there were no cities
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on earth which were
exclusively dedicated to them.
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Zeus felt that this error
should be immediately rectified.
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He calls all the gods together and tells
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each of them to choose
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a town in which men will worship them.
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One single city for each God.
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Each of them makes their choice.
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Apollo chooses Delphi, Ares takes Sparta.
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Aphrodite settles on Corinth.
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Even the solitary and ferocious Artemis
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decides to choose a
town, it will be Ephesus.
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But when Poseidon and
Athena's turns come around,
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both claim possession of Attica.
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The tension mounts.
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Seeing his brother and his daughter
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arguing more and more violently,
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Zeus decides that the king of Attica,
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the wise Cecrops, will be the
arbitrator in this conflict.
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Cecrops is a good sovereign.
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He has forbidden human sacrifices,
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he has made his region
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the most civilized country in the world.
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He has established monogamy, marriage,
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and has created the first law courts.
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And something unheard of, not only has
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he given men the right to vote,
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but he has given it to women too.
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Cecrops does as Zeus wishes.
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He retires to his palace.
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A few hours later, he reappears
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and declares that the patron of the town
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will be the god who gives
man the most useful gift.
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Poseidon is convinced he will win.
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The god of the oceans aims his trident
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at the ground and makes a
magnificent water spring appear.
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The saltwater flows
across the arid plains.
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He offers the inhabitants of Attica
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a sumptuous lake, a sort
of gigantic swimming pool
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in which men can take their leisure
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and practice the water
sports which love so much.
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Then he tops off his gift
by offering Cecrops himself
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a splendid black stallion,
a magic reputedly
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invincible walls which
springs from the spray.
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Athena considers carefully.
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With a wave of her hand, she makes a tree
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grow out of the earth, an immense
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tree with silver branches
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and a knotted trunk, an olive tree.
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An olive tree whose leaves, she proclaims,
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will never fall, not
even when winter comes.
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This tree, she declares, will bear fruit
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that you will press when it is fully ripe.
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It will feed you, you and your children
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and your children's children.
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This tree will be a symbol of the peace
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and fertility that I grant you.
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Under the watchful eye of Themis,
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the goddess of justice, the inhabitants
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of Attica begin to vote.
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And it is the women's votes which tip
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the divine balance in favor of Athena.
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Poseidon flies into uncontrollable rage.
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In revenge for this humiliation,
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he determines to submerge Attica
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beneath the waves, but Zeus who has
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attentively followed
the ballot, forbids him.
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So, the lord of the oceans leaves Olympus,
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full of bitterness and
hatred towards Zeus'
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daughter, he plunges into the abyss
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and returns to his palace where he shuts
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himself away to consider
some fresh revenge.
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The logic of the inhabitants
of Attica is simple.
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Poseidon offers them
entertainment and war.
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Athena offers them peace and agriculture.
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And in homage to the goddess, they decide
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that the place will hence
forth be called Athens,
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and her own son Erichthonius, will be one
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of the first kings to reign over the city.
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Athena dedicates herself
to men's happiness.
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Naturally enough, she becomes
the protectoris of heroes.
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She plays a major part in the
success of their exploits.
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Without her precious
help, Perseus would never
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have managed to beat the horrible Medusa,
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whose scowling face now
decorates Athena's shield,
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a gift from the heroic
Perseus to his protectoris.
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During the Trojan War, Athena takes
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the Greeks' side and gives them
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the idea of the wooden horse.
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Later, she helps Ulysses
to return to Ithaca.
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It is she who, disguised
as the wise mentor,
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guides the young Telemachus in his efforts
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to trace his father.
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And she too who one evening allows
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Prometheus to secretly enter Olympus
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so that he can steal
fire, which he takes back
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to earth to give to mortals.
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Indeed, it is Athena who inspires
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mortals to be audacious and clear-headed,
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giving them a new form of bravery guided
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by a reflection and cunning instead
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of disorganized blind fury.
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Athena, goddess of war appears
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to mortals as the opposite
of her brother Ares,
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who is also god of war, but
a god of carnage and blood.
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Athena, contrary to
Ares, puts intelligence
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in the service of war, in order
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to bring about peace as opposed
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to the extermination of the enemy.
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In time, Athena also becomes
protectoris of the state,
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guarantor of the equity of laws
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and their correct application.
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But she quickly realizes that without
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prosperity, laws alone are not enough.
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So, in order for men's wellbeing
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to develop, she gives them the plow
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and the yolk for their oxen.
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She also teaches them numbers.
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She instructs women in the culinary arts,
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as well as weaving and spinning.
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She equally passes on the
intricacies of ship-building,
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how to work wood, polish
planks, and assemble
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the different elements of the structure.
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It's in this way that she oversees
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the construction of the Argo, in its time
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the biggest ship every
built, aboard which Jason
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and his sailors would go to retrieve
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the famous Golden Fleece.
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Once, only once, Athena felt
jealous of someone else.
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It has to be admitted, it was concerning
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an artist who was sorely
lacking in humility.
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Her name was Arachne, she was the daughter
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of a rich cloth merchant.
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Arachne had become a true expert
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in the refined art of weaving.
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She produced magnificent embroidery,
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thinking up motifs, each more
beautiful than the previous,
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creating veils and dresses, and reportedly
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incomparable splendor.
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So much so that her fame reached
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the ears of Athena, who
decided one fine day
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to check out for herself the talents
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of this young prodigy.
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Athena took the disguise of
an old gray-haired woman,
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and went to visit the young girl.
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To her great surprise, she discovered
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an arrogant and boastful individual
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who claimed that no one in the world
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could spin as well as her.
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And to crown this tactlessness, she added
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no one, not even the goddess Athena.
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Athena at first took this attitude
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for adolescent bragging.
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She benevolently advised Arachne
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to take back her words and
pay homage to the goddess.
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But Arachne, caught up in
her own enthusiasm persisted.
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Yes, she felt capable of beating
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the powerful Athena if she ever dared
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to take her on.
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And promptly insisting that she was going
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to prove it, she ran her fingers
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the length of the threat.
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The loom chattered, and little
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by little the motifs appeared.
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Arachne had chosen as her subject,
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the love affairs of the
gods and the metamorphoses
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which they frequently employed.
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When she had finished,
Athena, still disguised
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as an old woman inspected the work.
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There was nothing to be said,
it was perfection itself.
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It was useless to compete, the work
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of the young Arachne was well beyond
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what she herself was capable of.
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The goddess was overcome with rage.
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She who was usually so reasonable,
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smashed everything around her and stormed
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out of the room.
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When Arachne realized that the old woman
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was none other than Athena,
she fell into despair.
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She had just committed
an abominable sacrilege
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and deeply offended the person who she,
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nonetheless cherished above all others.
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Wracked with remorse, Arachne shot herself
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away in her father's
attic and hanged herself.
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When Athena heard the
news, she immediately
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regretted letting
herself get carried away,
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and to pay homage to
this excellent spinner
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who death had unjustly taken, she returned
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to Arachne's workshop and poured a magic
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balm over her corpse.
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Arachne's body began to shrink,
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shrink, shrink, until it
was nothing more than a tiny
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belly from which were protruding
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spindly little legs covered in hair.
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In this way, murmured the goddess,
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you can remain hanging forever, since
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that was your choice,
but you will continue
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your work as before Arachne,
in the form of a spider.
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Ever since, pursuing her fragile trade
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which a breath can destroy, Arachne
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eternally weaves her cloth.
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Watched over like all
craftsmen and artists
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by the goddess Athena.
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(dramatic orchestral music)
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