Olive as a symbol of Athens
Contact Athena and the olive tree - a constant theme in poetry. Poem of the dispute with olive laurel wrote Callimachus. Later evgemeristy claimed that she domesticated olive tree. As described by Nonna, Athena mourning olives, remembering nymph Moria.
In Athens the olive tree in the sanctuary Erehteya, considered "the very same" Athena planted during a dispute with Poseidon, was burned by the Persians in 480 BC. Oe. but soon after the fire let sprout. Those Athenians who cut down the sacred olive tree, judged Areopagus council and could be sentenced to death.
According to the Orphic, Athena once crowned Kuretem olive branch. The wreath of olive branches awarded to the winners at the games, the winners in the gymnastic competitions and horse ristaniyah awarded olive oil from the sacred olives. Jason raises an olive branch, asking for a truce in lemniyanok.
Pliny tells us that in an area of Megara was a wild olive tree, which the soldiers pinned down their arms, dedicating it to the goddess. Oracle that the city will die, when the tree will produce weapons "that happened when megartsy tried to chop off sprawling tree. So the olive tree has become a "tree of destiny."
Summer born children under the "Palladin tree and palm. Dionysus gave the daughters Anja opportunity to convert all of the birds of Athens ". Diodorus ascribes to the Egyptians claim that Hermes invented the olives, not Athena.