2014-03-22, 02:32 AM
Razmos Wrote:Never heard the word Athenaeum before, googled it, found out Athene is a goddess of Wisdom.
the -eum part comes from museums, I guess. which were in turn called Mus-eums because it came from a latin term for a place to worship muses. So an Athenaeum is a place of worship for a goddess of Wisdom. Wisdom = Library.
Maplestory is teaching me things!
Pallas Athena. The goddess of wisdom and the greek city Athen's special patroness. The owl is her special bird, and that is why we have the Owl of Minerva in game; Minerva is the roman version of Pallas Athena.
*History and history of religions teacher at work, yo*