Atenant farmer in the south usually needed to

Have his own tools and animals
These Farmers lost their farms, but remained on the land working for bigger landowners. In most situations, the farmers would have to share the yield with the landowner in a process known as sharecropping, prevalent after the civil war.

Include the poem for more info but this is what i know about the goddess athena athena is a greek goddess of war and sprang from zeus head full grown in a full set of battle armor.