Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

but at first the wisdom associated w/ Athena
              was a crafty, devious + scheming wisdom 
       Only later did the Greeks see it as being 
            wisdom associated w/ ethics 
       Later still, 
           this idea of Athena's wisdom 
            blended w/ the Xian tradition: 
               Later identified in part w/ 
                  Hagaia Sophia, holy wisdom, 
                       in the Eastern Xian church 
               Western Xianity: misinterpreted this + 
                   assumed that Hagaia Sophia was a 
                      PERSON rather than an idea + so 
                           came up w/ St. Sophia 

 Athena is also Associated w/ the owl 
      a bird we still associate w/ wisdom
          at the very least in a joking sense:
             One often sees owls on lighthearted 
                 greeting cards that congratulate graduates
 It's possible that that the association of Athena w/ ouls
      was a survival from the tradition of a 
           very ancient deity worshipped 
                  in association w/ birds