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How was the goddess Athena born?

Once Zeus learned from Gaia and Uranus that Metis, his first wife, should give birth to a girl and that if she becomes pregnant again, she will give birth to a son who is destined to overthrow Zeus. Without thinking twice, the Thunderer lured Metis on the bed with honeyed speeches and swallowed his pregnant wife.

After a certain time, Zeus, walking along the shore of the lake, suddenly felt a terrible headache and growled furiously. Hermes, who appeared at the cry, immediately understood what was happening. He begged Hephaestus, the god of blacksmithing, to take a wedge and split the head of Zeus. From there, Athena appeared - in full combat gear and with a war cry.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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What is the name of the statue in Piccadilly Circus in London?

a) Eros.
b) Angel of Christian mercy.
c) Cupid.
d) Anteros.

The famous statue appeared in Piccadilly Circus in 1892 to commemorate the charitable work of Lord Shaftesbury, a well-known philanthropist of the Victorian era.

Created by sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert, the statue depicts Anteros and personifies "mature and deliberate love, as opposed to Eros - a frivolous and windy tyrant." Anteros was the younger twin brother of Eros.

However, the convoluted explanation never caught on with the masses. Because of the bow and nudity, as well as the general, rather vague idea of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbclassical mythology, everyone unanimously decided that this was Eros (known in ancient Rome as Cupid), the Greek god of love.

As a result, those who wanted to protect Shaftesbury's reputation spread a counter rumor: supposedly the memorial is nothing more than the Angel of Christian Mercy (agape in Greek) - albeit a vague, but less piquant alternative.

Whatever the name of this sculpture, from a technological point of view, it was truly revolutionary, as it was the first statue in the world cast from pure aluminum.

Inveterate connoisseurs of London will certainly tell you that once the monument stood in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, aiming its bow at Shaftesbury Avenue. During World War II, the statue was dismantled and hidden in a safe place. When the sculpture was returned - so the legend goes - the pale bureaucrats from the London City Council decided to turn it around, aiming it at Lower Regent Street.

But this is not so at all. The statue was indeed removed from its pedestal, but it always pointed towards Lower Regent Street: Gilbert intended Anteros to face Shaftesbury House in Wimbourne St. Giles, Dorset.

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