In Greek mythology, Athena () is a goddess of wisdom, strategic-war and weaving.
Athena may also refer to:
Athena (given name), for people and fictional characters
Places Athena, Oregon, United States Athena (Olympic Mountains), a summit in Olympic National Park, United States Leicester Athena, venue and landmark in the English Midlands
Companies Athena (game developer), Japan Athena Computer & Electronic Systems, a defunct American laptop pioneer Athena Eizou, a Japanese adult video company Athena (retailer), a British art retailer famous for its posters Athena Learning Trust, an English multi-academy trust Athena Scientific, a science and engineering publishing company co-founded by MIT professor Dimitri Bertsekas Athena Technologies, a Virginia-based company specializing in navigation and control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles athenahealth, a Massachusetts-based Healthcare technology company
Arts and entertainment
Music Athena (band), a Turkish ska punk band Athena (Greek rock band), a Greek rock band "Athena" (song), the first track on The Who's 1982 studio album, It's Hard "Athena", a song by Tiësto from the album Parade of the Athletes "Athena", a song by Greyson Chance from the album Palladium "Athena", a song by Nova Twins from the album Who Are the Girls? Athenas, Argentine Catholic music singer
Video games Athena (arcade game), a 1986 arcade game made by SNK, whose main character is "Princess Athena" Psycho Soldier, the 1987 sequel to the arcade game, sometimes referred to as Athena 2 Athena: Full Throttle, a 2006 sequel to the arcade game Athena (game developer), Japan
Other uses in arts and entertainment Athena (1954 film), an MGM musical Athena (2022 film), a French film Athena (novel), a 1995 novel by John Banville Athena: Goddess of War, a 2010 South Korean television drama series Mourning Athena, a Greek relief sculpture dating around c.470 BC Athena Parthenos, a Greek statue in the Parthenos Athena (comics)
Ships Athena (yacht), formerly the largest private sailing yacht in the world MV Astoria, cruiseliner formerly "MS Athena", former transatlantic liner Stockholm MS Pearl Seaways, cruise-ferry formerly "M/S Athena" MS Athina B, coaster that beached at Brighton in 1980, sometimes mis-reported as Athena B FV Athena, a supertrawler and factory ship that caught fire in October 2010 SS Athena, a 1893 Greek steamship
Science and technology Equipment in outer space Athena (asteroid spacecraft), a small proposed probe to visit Pallas, the asteroid Athena (rocket family), Lockheed Martin's series of light rocket boosters Athena I Athena II Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics, a planned space telescope by the ESA Athena-Fidus, a French-Italian, military communications satellite Athena, the scientific payload on the Mars Exploration Rovers Athena, the Nova-C lander that carried out the Intuitive Machines IM-2 lunar landing mission
Other uses in science and technology ATHENA experiment, a CERN antimatter research project the ATHENA missile guidance computer for the HGM-25A Titan I intercontinental ballistic missile Athena 1, an early laptop Project Athena, a project to produce a computing environment for educational use Project Athena (Intel), a laptop certification program X Athena Widgets, X Window System's widget toolkit Advanced Test High Energy Asset, a directed-energy weapon Amazon Athena, a database system Athena (Battlestar Galactica)
Other uses ATHENA (European cultural heritage project) an EU-funded project November 2012 nor'easter, referred to by The Weather Channel as Winter Storm Athena Operation ATHENA, Canada's involvement in the 2001 War in Afghanistan Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer I', an elm cultivar, sold as "Athena"
See also
Atena (disambiguation) Athene (disambiguation) Athens (disambiguation) Athina (disambiguation) Altena (disambiguation) SS Athenia Aethina, a genus of beetle including the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) Pallas Athena (disambiguation) Temple of Athena (disambiguation)