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May I have the full name of this rare plaster head?

Its name is adina, and Athena is the goddess in ancient Greek mythology.

Ancient Greek mythology is the most complete and elegant myth in the world. They are so complete and organized, thanks to the first Greek who arranged them, Hissiad, who lived in the 9th and 8th centuries BC, roughly equivalent to the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China. The Greek gods, including Athena, were not completely fictional. Their embryonic form is the tribal leaders in the early Greek civilization. Tribe is a human social organization before the country came into being. At that time, mankind was still in the wild age of fighting with each other for food and property. Tribal leaders shoulder the dual tasks of protecting the ethnic group and plundering the outside world, so they are all the strongest people in the ethnic group. These leaders and their stories existed by word of mouth in the "heroic age" before words appeared, and were gradually deified in the process. "Fairy tales of all nationalities in the world are reflections of that era."

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and peace. In fact, in Greek mythology, she was originally Sivir.

Athena is considered as Sivir, which has to involve a mythical case-Trojan War, which is well known in China. The Trojan War was actually a tribal war before the emergence of the Greek state. According to Greek mythology, Athena competed with Hera and Aphrodite (Venus) for the golden apple symbolizing beauty. Zeus let Paris, the prince of Troy, judge it, and Paris awarded it to Aphrodite, the god of beauty, which caused Athena and Hera's dissatisfaction, so they sent troops to attack Troy and finally captured it. Athena is therefore called the God of War. "This story actually reflects the plundering war between tribes for wealth at that time." Athena is called the goddess of wisdom and peace, but this is because of the struggle in Athens. According to legend, Athena and Poseidon argued for the status of patron saint of Athens. Later, the Lord God Zeus decided that whoever can give mankind something useful will own the city. Poseidon gave mankind a strong horse symbolizing war, while Athena gave mankind an olive tree with lush foliage and rich fruits, symbolizing peace. People long for peace, not war. As a result, the city belongs to the goddess Athena. From then on, she became the patron saint of Athens, and thus changed from a war god to a goddess of wisdom and peace. "The transformation of Athena reflects the civilization and progress of human society."

From then on, Athena became the guardian of a city, so the city was named Athens.

There is another saying: Athena's name is abbreviated from Athena and Athanaia in Greece, written in Ionian dialect as Athene and Athenaie (the name can be seen on the relief map of besieged Troy), written in Dorian dialect as Athena and Athenaia, and written in Eolia dialect as Athenaia. (We can also see another way to write her name in a painting of Odysseus' home by French painter bouguereau: Athhnh. This word has no etymological explanation in Greek. Since Athena's name is the same as that of Athens, people have been debating whether the goddess is named after the city or the city is named after the goddess since ancient times.