ABSTRACT
The myth of Athena’s birth is an example of extremely concentrated mythology. The complicated combination of ideas is achieved by the use of a number of symbols and allusions. The analysis of this myth has been left until this point in the study because the purpose of the motifs and the underlying ideas can be seen only with a thorough acquaintance with the way in which the Mesopotamian ideas seem to be applied in Greek mythology. In this myth they are combined and interwoven so that they can be unravelled only in the light of the preceding experience with the myths discussed above.
