Athena, as told in the Aeschylean tragedy, is the founder of the court and of the judicial role. The figure of Athena as a judge is intricate. Through the figure of Athena, the act of judgment emerges as a practice that represents the essentiality of law, alongside its failures and the constant hope to achieve better law. Judgment is also presented as a practice that leans on deliberation and mediation. The ‘literature alongside law paradigm’ will be employed in the paper for delineation of the intricate juxtaposing between the essentiality of law, its immanent failures and the eternal quest to address them and strive for better law, as embedded in the figure of Athena.