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The statue cornicing each page of this essay is a reproduction of Athena Varvakion, itself a reproduction of the original, Athena Parthenos. That original statue watched over Athens from its vantage in the Parthenon's eastern chamber. Writers have long identified the goddess Athena with the civilized mind. So there was Zeus, father of gods and men, pacing beside Lake Triton in Libya. Every step he took reverberated with the crashing headache that hammered inside his skull.