#athena.

[ofdivinities]

⊹₊ ⋆ ( ricky whittle, cisgender man, he/him, 45, shape shifting and superhuman strength) look, it’s ATHENA, the GODDESS OF WISDOM IN WARFARE. they are known to be WISE but CONDESCENDING and associated with ALWAYS BEING THREE STEPS AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE, TREATING LIFE LIKE A GAME OF CHESS, and THE JUDGMENT FOUND IN A HAUGHTY GAZE AND UPTURNED NOSE. they might be on their way to their job as a OWNER at OLYMPUS FITNESS CENTER or maybe just to EXERCISE. i heard that on the night zeus went missing they were GOING FOR A LATE NIGHT RUN but who knows considering there are whispers of [REDACTED].

about:

note -- for the purposes of this rpg, athena will use he/him pronouns

athena's life has always been like a series of chess moves -- moves carefully calculated to have the maximum impact. it's why the god felt the most needed on the battlefield. war was, for all intents and purposes, a large game of chess. yes, the stakes were higher, but there very few activities that required more cunning and tactical skills; as the centuries passed, war became less of a chess game and more a pantomime of angry children.

this is what initially brought athena to this parallel city (a distinct sort of boredom mixed with curiosity about the inner workings of human affairs.) under the alias of malachi dubois, he has taken to running the operations of the olympus fitness center, keeping the body as sharp as the mind.

wanted connections:

best friend -- i picture this to be odysseus but i'm open to others. there's a post on the main with more information.

rival -- self explanatory; i picture this as ares, but again, am open to others. please refer to the post on the main.

friends

past love interests

employees at the gym

[miblue]

Random sketches and expressions practice. Featuring athena.

[nectaric]

How do you need to be loved?

zeus: like lovers watching the sunset

calm, focused, tender. you need to be loved in the way teenagers kiss in the rain and giggle behind hands. you need to be loved like a child, taken care of, watched over, focused on. you need to feel the warmth of the sun, you need to feel the love rushing through your veins. you need to be reminded that love is worth it, and it’s beautiful to experience. you need to be loved in a way that is refreshing, again and again.

athena: like the burn marks on my hands

you need to be loved gently, taken care of. you need to let yourself b taken care of. you deserve the kindness. you deserve to have fingertips pressed to yours, you deserve soft smiles and quiet laughs. you need to be kissed in the middle of the night, you need to be told it’s okay. you’re used to aggressive love, you need it gently.

tagged by: @songsofdivinity tagging: you !!!!

[kurzler]

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[artbymeow]

Ares: BEST CHRISTMAS EVER

[dorothywonderland]

♬⋆.˚ Well it's a little bit dangerous, my friend˚.⋆♬

[quinnduck]

Odysseus: *gently hands Athena baby Telemachus*

Athena: …you were PREGNANT AND YOU DIDNT TELL ME?!

Odysseus: what?- no-

Athena: DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?! I WAS TRAINING YOU!

Odysseus: no I wasn’t the one-

Athena: THAT POOR BOY WAS PROBABLY SO SQUISHED IN YOUR HELMET! LOOK AT HOW SMALL HE IS!!

[aireens]

for those who know me, you know that I am a big fan of greek mythology, so when the epic saga by Jorege Rivera-Herrans came out I couldn't help but fall madly in love with it, his music accompanied and inspired me while I was working, and now that this long journey is about to end I couldn't help but leave a tribute to thank him for all the work he has done. he couldn't have left us a better christmas present under the tree! thanks again for everything.

ps: I already know that with the last song I will cry like a fountain!!

[wiitchesroad]

tags dump #3

[murasaki-cha]

I saw this image of Athena and Odysseus and it was too freaking funny🤣🤣

[ofdivinities]

who: achilles @fatedgcds where: olympus fitness center

Athena was, at his core, a creature of habit — the kind of being who lived or died by his schedule. For him there was purpose in a carefully regimented day. It hardly mattered how many centuries passed or how much existence seemed to change, this was a constant. This was why he was grateful for the daily sparring sessions. If he could count on nothing else, Athena could rely on the fact that Achilles would arrive at precisely the same time each day, ready to spar, and that their sparring session would inevitably help to center him. "Thank you." Athena swiped a hand across his brow, mopping at the sweat that had built there throughout the duration of their session. "I needed that today."

[miblue]

Shoulder check!!!

Training sketches with athena.

[nectaric]

thinking about the masculinity assigned to athena in her position as war goddess. thinking about a young, trans athena who is wise and powerful and strong, shoehorned into this position of prime authority over warfare because of these attributes. athena, who enjoys the strategy in fighting and the physical prowess in her body required to be a warrior, but who doesn't understand what is being done to her.

athena, who is masculinized by her peers, those who see warfare as something inherently male. and despite her greatest efforts, despite being a woman, there are some who will never really see her as such. some who cannot fathom that war could be a woman's world, and that the only reason she rose to such prowess was because she was trans.

thinking about a young athena, powerful warrior and wise strategist, who turns to art not just because she is gifted, not just because she loves it, but also because it forces those around her to see her as feminine, to accept her for the woman she is. she proves that wisdom and strength are equal to beauty and creativity, and that war is not a "man's world", it just is, and she can do both and not be any less of a woman for it.

[polentaconleche]

/Spanish/

Atenea: Odiseo! Odiseo! Odiseo!

Odiseo: Que-?! QUÍTATE!I

Odiseo: A-Atenea!

Y murió... jaja

/ already posted this in my yt comunity, but not here so... xd/