Talk about a difficult birth--she sprang from Zeus' head, which had been split with an axe
[DOC] [TLE] The Gods of Olympus - Student Resources in Context - Gale [PAR] Great gods were no longer born in historical times, but new heroes could always 
.... Another myth relayed Zeus' seduction of Dana, who had been imprisoned by 
... She looked after the recurrent cycle of pregnancy and birthand often infant .... 
Hephaestus cured the migraine by taking an ax and splitting Zeus' head open.