Olives in Mythology

According to Greek mythology, the goddess Athena brought the olive tree to the Greeks: after the construction of the most beautiful Greek city, the Greeks apparently sought a name for it and decided that the patron god of the city would be the one offering the best possible gift, in the image of the most sumptuous of Greek cities.

Apparently, Athena struck her spear in the ground and it turned into an olive tree. The Greeks loved the fruit of this tree to such a point that the newly built city was named Athens. If you visit the city today, Athena's olive tree is still there to be seen.

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