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This was around the time that Athens was only a small coastal village. Poseidon, was on a lookout for coastal towns.

Poseidon, was the god of the sea, he was a very powerful god and quick to anger. When he noticed that the small coastal village was still developing he offered to place it under his protection. Listening to this offer the people were in a quandary. Because Athena, goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus, had also made the same offer. The people of the village didn’t want to upset either of the two deities and wondered how they could get out of this fix. Luckily, Athena understood the problem. She challenged Poseidon with a competition. Each god would give the village a gift and the people had to decide which is more useful. The winner of this competition would be the patron god. Poseidon accepted the challenge in no time. As he flung his trident against the mountain near the village water started gushing. People were excited and ran to the stream, but the water turned out to brackish. Now it was Athena’s chance she created an olive tree. The people were excited, they could eat the fruit, crush it and make oil, make fire and buildings from its wood. But now the villagers were scared to announce the winner. What if Poseidon sent the sea to swallow their homes? But Poseidon did not lose his temper. He laughed and agreed that his niece was the winner. And so Athena became the guardian of the village, which then called Athens in her honour.