Significance of the birth of Athena 735
The fact is, the myth represented in the pediment was a myth
°f accommodation1. At this vital focus of Athenian worship allow-
ance had to be made for the racial and religious changes through
F"& 534-
I'rofj, 16 on,y critic who has perceived this important point with adequate vision is
c0nneSS,Or H. J. Rose A Handbook of Greek Mythology London 1928 p. 50 f. : 'The close
of ^ !0n between Zeus and Athena is probably due to historical causes. The chief god
'nvaders must come to some sort of terms with the powerful and well-established
The fact is, the myth represented in the pediment was a myth
°f accommodation1. At this vital focus of Athenian worship allow-
ance had to be made for the racial and religious changes through
F"& 534-
I'rofj, 16 on,y critic who has perceived this important point with adequate vision is
c0nneSS,Or H. J. Rose A Handbook of Greek Mythology London 1928 p. 50 f. : 'The close
of ^ !0n between Zeus and Athena is probably due to historical causes. The chief god
'nvaders must come to some sort of terms with the powerful and well-established