Once in Ancient Greece when the first king of Athens, Cecrops(his name implying that he was half person and half snake) had to find a patron deity for the city state of Athens.
The two Olympian gods who were interested in the patronage was Poseidon the God of the Seas and Athena Goddess of wisdom and Skill. They presented themselves in front of Cecrops and he had asked from them to offer a gift truly valuable for Athens.
Poseidon was first he powerfully struck the earth and created a well with his trident; immediately streaming water shot forth, but water turned out to be salty and not very useful for the population.
Next, it was Athena . Athena stepped forward, struck her spear in the ground and then she kneeled and planted an olive branch in it, creating this way an olive tree as a symbolization of peace and prosperity on earth.
Cecrops was very impressed by Athena's gift much more than Poseidons gift so he had chose Athena to lay claim of the city. God Poseidon, however, was not pleased by the decision of Cecrops and cursed the city of Athenas to never have enough water from then on; after that, a major problem of water shortage started in Athenas, which continues untill now a days.
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