About First State Bank. We are an independent, Kansas State Chartered Bank, locally owned and operated, with assets over $400 million. We have grown to five full-service branches located in Norton, KS, Hill City, KS, Plainville, KS, Hoxie, KS and Holdrege, NE. First State Bank was chartered April 2, 1902, and has a long history of serving the residents of Northwest Kansas and Southwest Nebraska.
âAthena, talking to Percy on Olympus, in The Last Olympian. Athena is the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis, and her symbols include the owl, Aegis, the olive tree, and the snake. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. In many ways similar to the Greek goddess Athena, she had important temples in Rome and was patron of the Quinquatras festival.