(English) The Birth of Athena

“I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, owl-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia.  From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed.  But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympus began to reel horribly at the might of the owl-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves…”

Homer