entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.6; born from Zeus's head fully armed; contest with Poseidon for Athens
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 886-900, 924-926: the most important birth narrative in the Theogony; Zeus swallowed Metis when she was pregnant; at the right moment Athena sprang fully armed and shouting from Zeus's head; Hesiod is the primary ancient text for the Athena-born-of-Zeus's-head myth, which became the standard account; he also names Athena as ""the gleaming-eyed goddess, tireless, mighty"" (925)"
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,HH 11 (To Athena) and HH 28 (To Athena): the longer HH 28 narrates her birth from Zeus's head fully armed; she shakes Olympus with her weapons; the gods are awestruck; the hymns establish her war-goddess and wisdom aspects as central cult attributes
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Athena is the most active Olympian in both epics: she inspires Achilles (Iliad I), fights beside Diomedes (Iliad V), guides Odysseus throughout the Odyssey; Iliad I, V, VI, XV, XVIII-XXII; Odyssey I, III, XIII-XXIV"
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias devotes extensive coverage to the Acropolis of Athens (Book 1.22-28): the Parthenon, the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias, the Erechtheion, and the Athena Promachos; also Athena Alea at Tegea (Book 8.45-47)"
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."