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No, she doesn't. She's also very jealous and competetive, among other things. Greek goddesses had quite an attitude, I don't think any of them would fit this trope.
"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
While browsing through the web I remembered the event involving Paris. Yeah, that gives it closure.
She is graceful, obedient to Zeus, trustfull , instructed in house hold matters such as birth and weaving.
Hrrrm, Hestia is the goddess of house matters. Athena is the goddess of war and strategy and wisdom. There's very little lore about house hold matters. Heck, the weaving thing is only one aspect of her work as goddess of crafts. She's also the goddess of weapon making. She's a goddess of crafts because good craftsmanship requires skills and intelligence, which she embodies.
Not counting that the trope is about a japanese ideal, which I doubt the ancient greek had in mind. A central part of the Yamato Nadeshiko is their part in the household - which runs counter to Athena. She's a chaste goddess with no romantic attachment. She's not meant to be the ideal wife - or a wife at all. Neither is she a mother.
More like a mythology matter. Can Athena, the goddess, work as a Yamato Nadeshiko. She is graceful, obedient to Zeus, trustfull , instructed in house hold matters such as birth and weaving. While she dislikes violence she is still the goddes of war. Its seems she fits in the Yamato Nadeshiko description. All versions of the greek stories agree on giving her those characteristics. On the con side she is quite revengeful when angered, like what happened with arachne and medusa.
Hmm... sounds like I´m giving a lecture on greek mythology to fourth graders. Anyway , what do you people think? If not, why not? On a side discussion, was she stronger than Zeus but obedient as told by her birth myth?
Edited by Jorgeazgad