Личная информация
Деятельность
Playing with Hope and spending time with the Mikaelsons and protecting my baby
Интересы
Elijah Mikaelson Niklaus Mikaelson Hope Mikaelson
Любимая музыка
Hip Hop Pop R&B Country
Любимые фильмы
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy The Hobbit Series
Любимые телешоу
The Originals The Vampire Diaries Evermoor
Любимые книги
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy The Hobbit Series
Любимые игры
Shadows of Mordor {PS3} Minecraft {PS3}
О себе
Athena Minerva
Athena
Family Zeus (father)
Metis (mother)
Triton (foster father)
Annabeth Chase (daughter)
George Washington, Frederic Bartholdi, Malcolm, Daedalus (sons)
Athena's Cabin members (children)
Alias Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy
Goddess of Arts and Crafts
Goddess of Battle and Reason
Eye color Grey
Hair Black
Species Goddess
Affiliation Olympians
Residence Mount Olympus
Items Aegis
Status Alive
Portrayed by Melina Kanakaredes
“ I once warned you, Percy Jackson, that to save a friend you would destroy the world. Perhaps I was mistaken. You seemed to have saved both, your friends and the world. ”
–Athena, talking to Percy on Olympus
Athena is the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis, and her symbols include the owl, Aegis, the olive tree, and the snake. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva. In the The Lightning Thief, she is portrayed by Melina Kanakaredes.
History
Zeus, her father
Athena was the daughter of Metis and Zeus. A prophecy had once foretold that Metis would give birth to a son more powerful than his father, which was the god Zeus. This posed a problem as Metis was already pregnant with their first child. To prevent the prophecy from taking place, Zeus tricked Metis into taking the form of a fly and swallowed her. What Zeus did not know was that Metis was pregnant with their daughter. Over time however, Zeus began to suffer from a terrible headache and asked the Titan Prometheus (in some cases it was Hephaestus and or Ares) to split his head open to find the problem. Athena sprang fully-grown from Zeus' head in full battle armor, shouting a battle cry.
She quickly became Zeus' favorite daughter. In the most ancient account, the Iliad, Athena is the goddess of ferocious and implacable fights, but wherever she can be found, she is a warrior who defends the State and the native land against the enemies coming from outside, and supports the side that is morally right. She is, above all, the Goddess of the City, the protector of civilized life, of artisan activities, and of wisdom. She also invented the bridle, which, for the first time, tamed horses, allowing men to use them.
In Greek mythology, she was one of the most active goddesses. She assisted Odysseus in his journey home from the Trojan War in the Odyssey and made sure the Greeks won the Trojan War in the Iliad by helping the Greeks by giving Odysseus the idea of the Trojan Horse. She also helped heroes like Diomedes, Hercules (in killing the Stymphalian Birds), Jason, and Perseus. Athena is known for helping heroes with cleverness. She believes that warfare should be used as a last resort and often uses her trickery and strategies to overcome her enemies.
Along with Artemis and Hestia, she is one of the three maiden goddesses. She does have demigod children in the series, though they are conceived when her divine thoughts meet the mortal ingenuity of the men she favors, a love which she believes to be the of the purest kind. Her children are then born in the same way she was, quite literally making them brain children. It is unknown if any other goddess can give birth to children in a similar way.
In Greece she was known as Pallas Athena, the name she had inherited from a friend she had accidentally killed. She was also known as Athena Parthenos or Athena the Virgin, which is how she was worshiped at the Parthenon. When she leads in battle, she was known as Athena Promachos. In some places she was known as Athena Alea as she was associated with the ancient goddess Alea.