Legend has it that during Trojan War, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom Athena entered into a wide scale conflict with Ares, the God of War. Athena gave her gifts of strategy, wisdom and craftsmanship to the Greeks, while Ares bestowed bold force, strength and power to the Trojans. The battle was fierce, but in the end it was Athena who stood victorious leaving Ares with a considerable wound. It was on this day that Ares lost his pride in battle, causing him to forever burn with rage for a chance at revenge and glory against everything Athena stood for.
The Parthenon (Temple of Athena) stood upon the hill of the Acropolis of Athens and served as a treasury for many mythical and powerful relics that were never meant to be embraced by mortal men. As such many of the relics pertaining to the goddess Athena remained hidden and were left undisturbed for over a millennia. However, during the mid-15th century the city of Athens fell to the Ottoman empire, which resulted in an explosion that nearly decimated the Parthenon. Although many people place blame on the Venetian bombardment on an Ottoman ammunition depot supposedly triggering the explosion, there are many records that seem to indicate that the events that took place were shrouded in controversy. There are even some accounts that portrayed the explosion that occurred as being not-of-this-earth, but rather the phenomenon to be that of the power of Athena herself, her anger over what had become of her beloved city.
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