Athena Alea

Boeotian proxeny stele depicting Athena Alea with the Dioscuri above a warship, with the infant Heracles strangling snakes in the pediment, c. 369–363 BCE

Alea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέα) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea. Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Athena. A statue of Athena Alea existed on the road from Sparta to Therapne. Her most important sanctuary was the famous Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea.

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