Atina (given Name)
Atina is a female given name derived from the Greek goddess Athena. People with the name include: * Atina Bojadži (1944–2010), Yugoslav marathon swimmer * Atina Grossmann (born 1950), professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art * Atina Johnston :''Atina Johnston (Ford) is not to be confused with Anita Ford, her mother and former coach'' Atina Johnston (born October 12, 1971, as Atina Ford) is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic champion from Gray, Saskatchewan. S ...

Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely received her name. The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to her. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear. From her origin as an Aegean palace goddess, Athena was closely associated with the city. She was known as ''Polias'' and ''Poliouchos'' (both derived from ''polis'', meaning "city-state"), and her temples were usually located atop the fortified acropolis in the central part of the city. The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is dedicated to her, along with numerous other temples and monuments. As the patron of craft and weav ...
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Atina Bojadži
Atina Bojadži ( mk, Атина Бојаџи; 13 March 1944 – 28 December 2010) was a Yugoslav marathon swimmer of Aromanian Macedonian descent. She crossed the English Channel in 1969, being the first woman from Yugoslavia to do so. Nicknamed the "Ohrid Dolphin" after her lakeside hometown, Bojadži won several national and international long-distance swimming races. The achievement inspired a 1977 movie about her life and earned her sporting honors in her native Macedonia after it declared independence in 1991. References 1944 births 2010 deaths Sportspeople from Ohrid Macedonian female swimmers Yugoslav female swimmers English Channel swimmers Aromanian sportspeople Macedonian people of Aromanian descent Yugoslav people of Aromanian descent {{RMacedonia-swimming-bio-stub ...
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Atina Grossmann
Atina Grossmann (born 4 November 1950) is a professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Her research relates to transnational Jewish refugee stories "Soviet Central Asia, Iran, and India: Sites of Refuge and Relief for European Jews During World War II." Selected publications * ''When biology became destiny: Women in Weimar and Nazi Germany''. Monthly Review Press, 1984. (Edited with Renate Bridenthal and Marion Kaplan) * ''Reforming sex: The German movement for birth control & abortion reform 1920-1950''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. * ''Jews, Germans, and allies: Close encounters in occupied Germany''. Princeton University Press, 2007. * ''After the Nazi racial state: Difference and democracy in Germany and Europe''. University of Michigan Press, 2009. (With Rita Chin, Heide Fehrenbach & Geoff Eley) References 21st-century American historians Historians of Jews and Judaism Living people 1950 births Cooper Union faculty A ...
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