#athena description

[mythology-freaky-lady]

ATHENA

Athena, in Roman mythology known as Minerva, was a daughter of Zeus and Metis (Oceanid of good thoughts).

Patronage, symbols and epithets

Athena was a goddess of wisdom, fair war, warfare, crafts, intelligence, warcraft, strategy, protector and mentor of heroes and patron of the Athens

She was associated with owls, snakes and sometimes horses, olive tree. On ancient paintings and vases she was pictured with a spear, helmet, armor, Aegis (shield with Medusa's head) and chariot.

The epithets that were used to describe were:

Pallas (young woman or brandish) - connected with a friend Athena had while training with Amazons (in other sources they were childhood friends)

Glaukopis (bright eye) - connected with the owl that represented Athena

Parthenos (virgin)

Polias (of the city)

Hippia (of the horses) - connected with her creating bit, bridle and saddle

Family

Athena's father was Zeus and her mother was Metis. Due to those two, her sibling-uncle-aunt-cousin list was very long.

Zeus had many children so from his side it would look like this:

Siblings from Zeus's side: Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Hebe, Hermes, Dionysus, Muses, Horae, Charities, Persephone, Eileithyia, Heracles and many more

Aunts/uncles from Zeus's side: Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon

In some sources, it's said that Metis also had a son, Porus. That makes him Athena's brother.

Siblings from Metis's side: Porus

Aunts/uncles from Metis's side: 49 Oceanides, Potamol

Children

Even though it's said that Athena was a virgin goddess, which is true BUT.....she was raped, by her own brother, Hephaestus.

When he let Athena out of Zeus's head, he immediately fell for her. He asked the father to let him marry her but Zeus was clever enough to notice that Athena, his favourite daughter, was very disgusted by Hephaestus and he said 'no'. God of Fire was very sad about that but he didn't give up. Whenever he could, he would try to seduce the Goddess of Wisdom. Athen was saying 'no' every time. One time, when she visited Hephaestus in his forge to request some weapon, he tried again. She stood high and left but he followed her and tried to rape her. She pushed him off but a bit of his semen fell on her skin. (In "Percy Jackson's Greek Gods" it's said that Hephaestus wiped his nose in her dress.) Athena wiped the fluids with a scrap of wool and threw it down on the Earth. That's how Erichthonius, future ruler of Athens was born.

Birth

Zeus, threatened by Kronos's words about the King's child taking his throne, decided to swallow pregnant Metis to get rid of the 'problem'. But, as an Oceanid of good thoughts, Metis gave birth to Athena then turned herself into a thought and moved into Zeus's head then somehow left. Baby Athena followed Metis's steps and travelled to King's head, where she grew up and became a big, annoying headache. Zeus, tired from the pain, asked his son, Hephaestus, to open his skull to see what was wrong. He listened and how surprised everyone was when a fully armored goddess jumped out of Zeus's head.

Myths

1. Arachne

Arachne was a Libyan princess who was saying that her weaving was better than Athena's. The goddess was pissed and accepted Arachne's challenge. Unluckily for Arachne, Athena couldn't find any flaw in the princess's work so she destroyed her work in anger. Arachne was so ashamed that she hung herself. Athena then turned her into a spider and let her weave for the rest of her life.

2. Medusa

Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, was a very beautiful woman, some say she was an Athena's temple maiden. One day, after the competition between Athena and Poseidon about patronage over Athens, Sea God was so angry at his nephew, that he decided to make her feel the same. So with his natural flirt going, he approached Medusa and started to mess around. After some time he led unaware Medusa to Athena's temple that she was working at and started to indicate a sexual act. She was very opposed to that, that was Athena's sacred place and she knew that it was risky. Poseidon was pressuring her, saying that Athena was busy and she wouldn't mind or so. Still, she didn't agree to anything, as many may agree, she was raped. Athena, who wasn't so busy, saw what was happening in her temple. Blinded with anger, she turned Medusa into a monster we know her as, the woman with snakes on her head and the eyes that turn into a stone. But was it really Medusa's fault?

3. Athens

Poseidon and Athena were rather enemies when it comes to patronage over the city. They both wanted to be patrons of Athens so they set a contest. Who will give the best gift to the city? Poseidon gave the city salt water and horses, Athena gave them an olive tree. Well, Athenians chose the tree. That's how she got the patronage.

Those are just a few myths with Athena in them, I can provide a little more if you're interested.

Art

Credit to the artists (IrenHorrors on DeviantArt, two others I couldn't find the author)

Author's talking

Hello! I decided to start with my favourite goddess and my protector as a pagan.

I hope you like my work here, if you have any questions, advice or want to say anything, just let me know or say so.

If you want to see any specific god, goddess, creature or deity, just let me know, either in the comments, anon asks or DMs.

Have fun!

[hyacjnthus]

outward displays of queerness in the chb chronicles as narrated by me (up to what i’ve read)

the lightning thief: not much gay rep here tbh

sea of monsters: same for here

the titan’s curse: bianca di angelo and zoe nightshade, artemis is aroace, all hunters are aroace

the battle of the labyrinth: something but idk what

the last olympian: silena beauregard and clarisse la rue being literal lesbians and parallels to achilles and patroclus

the lost hero: whatever tf leo valdez and jason grace had going on

the son of neptune: nico di angelo being in the closet

the mark of athena: whatever tf leo valdez and jason grace had going on

the house of hades: we all know what happened in this book

the blood of olympus: nico di angelo and will solace at the end

the hidden oracle: nico di angelo and will solace at the beginning, narrated by a bisexual

the dark prophecy: leo valdez being himself, those two lesbians who gave up being hunters of artemis to be together, narrated by a bisexual

the burning maze: jason grace being himself, narrated by a bisexual

the tyrant’s tomb: literal lesbians, reyna avila ramirez-arellano being asexual, aroace minerva and hunters, whatever tf reyna and thalia grace had going on, narrated by a bisexual

the tower of nero: nico di angelo and will solace through the whole book, piper and shel being girlfriends, narrated by a bisexual

the sun and the star: nico di angelo and will solace

[shoulda-been-a-redhead]

ok, so im re-listening to Mark of Athena... am I the only one who feels like Leo is overcompensating and actually doesn't like girls at all?

[gingermintpepper]

There are many things people expect from one called 'God of Blood'. Always, the first thought is the blood of war, the blood of violence, the blood of the weak shed for the goals of the strong. Ares doesn't think of the blood of battle at all. When he thinks of blood, he envisions the many tied knots of blood bonds and bonds forged in the blood of battle. Blood sons and blood daughters, blood brothers and battle sisters, blood oaths and blood vengeance - he watches over them all and keeps close each one of these bonds.

One cannot begrudge his displeasure then when he realises he cannot tell Leto's offspring apart just by looking at them.

It was easier when it was just Artemis. Dark hair curled about her shoulders, a fierce mien whenever Father summons her to the mountain, a scattering of bones and blood shed whenever she was disturbed; the eldest child of Leto was a wild thing, sharp toothed with sharper claws always at the ready. There's whispers of her being a twin, of her other half being made to crawl on their belly as penance for their sin of god-slaying but Ares pays it little mind. What twins look alike among their number? Even dog litters are born distinct with all their unique markings inlaid in their fur. Artemis' twin too would be much more than their sister's mirror image.

Pouring over his list now, he wishes anything about Phoebus Apollo was that simple.

Mirror image did not begin to describe it. The twins were the same height, the same build, had the same colour and texture hair, ate the same raw food and drank the same amount of nectar. There was no difference in how they dressed, no difference in the company they kept, no variance in the weapons they used. There are some days Ares still cannot believe Phoebus will grow into a man and not some nymph with the way his ears have that slender point. He watches them now, sitting together beneath a shady palm and stringing their bows in an uncanny unison and curses because he still cannot tell them apart. What use is his skill in knowing blood when they both have the same damn blood running through their veins? What bond is there to sense when they are tied so tightly together, Ares can scarcely tell brother from sister?

He sighs. Unadorned and completely alone, the only way to know who is who is to speak to them. He'll have to find more ways to tell them apart from a distance. Surely they cannot stay this similar all the rest of their immortal lives.

[eldritch-ace]

Happy New Year’s Eve! I’ve been trying to design some ladies <3

[lady-hibiscus]

epic the musical olympian eye color headcanons (let me cook):

athena: piercing blue irises with no pupils. unexpectedly bright, always- a faint glow can be discerned under scrutiny, but be wise. you are not the one scrutinizing here.

zeus: no pupils, no irises, no sclerae- only the color of lightning. a child thinks it yellow, but a man knows any color brightened beyond the visible spectrum appears blazing white. and when the skies reach down, the color is not important anymore.

hermes: you could mistake those beautiful honey-brown eyes for human. this olympian is a rare one forgive at times.

poseidon: no one thinks of how the black pupils are really a very dark navy, or the how the sclerae are a shade of aquamarine. they are all staring at the most reflective irises, in which they see themselves in swirling, lightening, darkening, shifting waves. sometimes they see empire-destroying storms in those irises, sometimes light waves lapping at a lazy beach.

[bfhdhb]

in classic ace attorney fan fashion whip out the official art redraw

[star-light-shadows]

A little late for Trans Visibility day, but it gave me an excuse to finally finish drawing my personal Trans Apollo Concept!

[Image description: Digital drawings of Apollo Justice from Ace Attorney as a trans woman named Persephone "Percy" Justice.

On the left is a render of her in her desk slam sprite pose, (just without the desk). Her hair is a little longer and styled in a spiky swooshing shape vaguely reminiscent of Tracer from overwatch, with the signature front spikes becoming a fuller 4 tufts slicked to the left with the lowest partially covering her right eye. Her outfit is identical to her base canonical one, the only difference being the noticeable shape of growing breasts attached to her chest. She's wearing teal green contacts matching her tie. Her eyelashes are drawn in a matching color as per the artist's artstyle. A set of makeup freckles also adorn her cheeks.

The rest of the page is a collection of doodles showing Persephone interacting with the other characters.

Persephone/Apllo, pre-transition: "I feel so bad for Robin. I can't imagine how horrible it is being forced to be a guy when you're not one." Athena: "Apollo, I'm detecting way too much discord in that statement for you to be cis." Persephone/Apollo: "I have no idea what that means."

Persephone, experimenting with long hair shaped in twin-tails going down her shoulders, similar to Lamiroir/Thalassa Gramarye: "What do you think of this style, Truce?" Trucy, in all caps: "WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE MY MOM!?!?" Persephone: "What do u mean? I based this on Lamiroir's hair."

Persephone, talking to a hairdresser with a nametag saying "Harry", "This is the cut, Mr. Styles." The hairdresser looks at a paper handed to him showing a Terraria player character with a similar hairstyle as Percephone's final design.

Klavier, winking: "Mine Frau, Justice, Perhaps now that you've found yourself you'd be open to a dinner with moi?" Athena, offscreen: "You snoose you lose, Gavin!" The Scene shifts towards Persephone, with Athena and Juniper on either side of her. Athena is sticking out her tongue, and Juniper is smiling and blushing. Persephone grins with a self-sure smugness and says, "Sorry, Klavier. I'm taken. Me, Athena, and Juniper are gonna go see a movie tonight." End description.]

[frostedsketches]

EPIC has taken over my life, I can't get anything done- AGHH

[brooklyn-house]

forever mad about lots of hoo things, but one of the big ones is how little we get to learn about the argo ii. i know, rick just isn't that kind of writer, he's not interested in getting into the mechanics of his magic flying boat, or the politics and societal structure of his neo-roman society, and that's fine! that kinda stuff isn't for everyone. but isn't that such a shame? isn't that a bit disappointing? you get this huge magic ship with so many cool functions and customization and it was built by one of our main characters, and we get hardly any description on how it works! haven't read much of him, but i think flanagan actually seemed genuinely interested in his mechanics at least. the whole rrverse, but especially hoo, could use more of that.

[adriles]

in awe of all of the homies’ chariot performances despite the grievous injuries inflicted and the crude discourtesies of my fellow spectators

[ber--32]

[dhwty-writes]

Reading the iliad is so funny, the gods are just a sitcom. Zeus did just say to ares "your vibes are rancid and the only reason I still let you live at home is bc I love your mom"

[magical-girl-trucy]

Don't think for a second I've forgotten about this AU. It's always stewing in the back of my brain and I decided to let some of it out. I feel like Athena has so much potential in a comic format to show how she hears stuff, so that was the intention when making this: to show that off some.

Also bonus headcanon I have is that Athena has synesthesia which is why she's wording stuff the way she is

[astrothii]

was doodling in class and felt like trying my luck at some athena designs

+thetis and ares as a bonus!

[loz-the-noob]

Athena Analysis complete! I started by stating the essential defining aspects of her character, pulled out some of the language she uses, and finally listed more in-depth relevant traits. I couldn’t fit them all on the document, but every point has a quote to back it up, so if you’d like to know what evidence I have for a certain point, just ask! Feel free to add to the last list, too. I’ve probably forgotten something and the more Athena info the better!!