Athena, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. Athena is long and imposing, wearing her signature helmet and bearing a shield (the Aegis) and spear. She has fair skin, long brown hair and blue eyes. Athena is confident, practical, clever, a master of disguises, and a great warrior. Athena is the daughter of Zeus by being born fully grown from his forehead