By Ellen Lorenzi-Prince © 2004 All rights reserved
Let Thy wrath descend
upon the wicked,
Orphic Hymn,
ca. 300 BCE – 150 CE
Grey-eyed Athena was the
goddess of prudence and wisdom, and of the arts and sciences of civilization.
She bestowed command, skill, courage, and victory for those who revered justice,
but destruction for the unjust.
