Goddess associated with the owl (6)

I believe the answer is:

athena

(Other definitions for athena that I've seen before include "Greek goddess of a capital city" , "One-time goddess" , "Greek goddess of wisdom etc." , "wise but fierce goddess" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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