... straightway conceived Pallas Athena: and the father of men and gods gave her birth by way of his head on the banks of the river Trito. And she remained hidden beneath the inward parts of Zeus, even Metis , Athena's mother, worker of righteousness, who was wiser than gods and mortal men. There the goddess （Athena） received that whereby she excelled in strength all the deathless less ones who dwell in O...