About First State Bank. We are an independent, Kansas State Chartered Bank, locally owned and operated, with assets over $400 million. We have grown to five full-service branches located in Norton, KS, Hill City, KS, Plainville, KS, Hoxie, KS and Holdrege, NE. First State Bank was chartered April 2, 1902, and has a long history of serving the residents of Northwest Kansas and Southwest Nebraska.
âAthena, talking to Percy on Olympus, in The Last Olympian. Athena is the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis, and her symbols include the owl, Aegis, the olive tree, and the snake. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
Goddess Athena was the mythological goddess of wisdom, but also the poetic symbol of reason and purity. Goddess Athena was very important to the Greeks, since they named her the Iliadâs goddess of fight, the warrior-defender, the protector of civilized life and artisan activities and so onâ¦.oddess Athena and the Parthenon. Athena was also known as Parthenos (the virgin), and thatâs why the most famous ancient temple in Athens, dedicated to her, was named the Parthenon. There are two more temples dedicated to her at the Acropolis â the Athena Nike and the Erectheum.