Athena Cross Stitch Pattern | Warrior Goddess | Minerva

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🔎 Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. She is usually shown in art wearing a helmet and holding a spear. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion.

★ Pattern specification for different types of fabric.

• Fabric: 16 count Aida.

• Colors: 36. Palette: DMC.

• Size: 200 × 200 stitches.

• Finished size will vary depending on the count fabric/canvas you choose.

✔ 14 count ⇒ Size: 14.29 × 14.29 inches | 36.30 × 36.30 cm

✔ 16 count ⇒ Size: 12.50 × 12.50 inches | 31.75 × 31.75 cm

✔ 18 count ⇒ Size: 11.11 × 11.11 inches | 28.22 × 28.22 cm

💾 5 PDF includes:

1. FIVE SCHEMES (Fabric: 16 count Sky Blue Aida):

• Color Blocks with Symbols.

• Color Symbols.

• Color Blocks.

• Color Crosses.

• Black and White Symbols.

2. Color photo for reference.

3. List of DMC thread colors (instruction and key section).

🔔 Please note this is a digital pattern only! No fabric, floss, or other materials are included in the listing. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. 

🔎 Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. From the second century BC onward, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena, though the Romans did not stress her relation to battle and warfare as the Greeks did.

🔎 Athena appears frequently in classical Greek art, including on coins and in paintings on ceramics. She is especially prominent in works produced in Athens. In classical depictions, Athena is usually portrayed standing upright, wearing a full-length chiton. She is most often represented dressed in armor like a male soldier and wearing a Corinthian helmet raised high atop her forehead. Her shield bears at its centre the aegis with the head of the gorgon (gorgoneion) in the center and snakes around the edge. Sometimes she is shown wearing the aegis as a cloak. As Athena Promachos, she is shown brandishing a spear.