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[[Image:Bsg-ath-tomb.jpg|thumb|Ruins on Kobol, Thought to be the Tomb of Athena, as seen by Laura Roslin (credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)]]
The term '''Athena''' applies to:


==Introduction==
# [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], pilot in the Original [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]
# [[Athena (RDM)]], Lord of Kobol in the [[Re-imagined]] [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]].


One of the [[Lords of Kobol]], worshipped by modern-day Colonials.


Her exact function is unclear, however, her tomb is on [[Kobol]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]), which suggests that the Lords of Kobol may not be immortal, but can suffer death, either through natural causes, or due to accident or other event.
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Athena's tomb is one of the keys to finding [[Earth]], the other being the [[Arrow of Apollo]], and [[Roslin, Laura|laura Roslin]] sends Lieutenant [[Thrace, Kara| Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] to [[Caprica]] against [[Adama, William|Adama's]] orders to retrieve the Arrow after the fleet comes across Kobol.
 
== Notes ==
 
===Greek Mythology===
 
In Greek mythology, Athena is the daughter of Zeus who sprang from his forehead as a full grown adult in armour, the result of Zeus having turned her mother into a fly and swallowing her immediately after bedding her. She is the goddess of the city, handicrafts and agriculture and fierce in battle – but will only fight to protect the state and home from outside enemies. The favourite of Zeus’ offspring, a virgin goddess imbued with wisdom, reason, and purity.
 
===Possible Parallel===
 
Athena was the protector of the state and home. Kobol was subject to a cataclysmic event that forced its people to leave in a mass exodus. Could war be behind the both events. The Greek Gods are pernicious. Were the [[Lords of Kobol]]? Did Athena fall protecting a city [[Kobol]]?
 
==Internal Links==
[[Greek Gods|Olympian Pantheon]]
 
==  External Links  ==
 
Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena Athena].
 
--[[User:Gizmojumpjet|Colonial Historiographer]] 10:43, 25 Jan 2005 (EST)
 
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Revision as of 12:32, 5 February 2005

The term Athena applies to:

  1. Athena, pilot in the Original Battlestar Galactica
  2. Athena (RDM), Lord of Kobol in the Re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.


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