Athena

"The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation. Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom, on the other hand, that is very hard indeed."

- Athena

Athena, also known as Minerva and Pallas Athena, is the Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and Warfare from Greco-Roman mythology. She is one of the Twelve Olympians who rule over the pantheon from Mount Olympus.

Overview
"The goddess of war in Greek mythology and one of the twelve Olympian gods. She sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is also considered the goddess of skill and art, and though she is the goddess of war, would only engage in battle to protect that which she loves and never for the sake of warfare."

- The Infernal Compendium

Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, philosophy, justice, law, mathematics, strength, arts, crafts, weaving, skill and reason who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She represents just decisions and strategic warfare and is the only goddess allowed to carry Zeus' thunderbolts. She led battles as the disciplined, strategic side of war, in contrast to her brother Ares, the patron of violence, bloodlust and slaughter.

She has aided numerous heroes such as Heracles and Perseus, and supported the Greeks during the Trojan War. Although her given name is Athena, she adopted the name of her friend Pallas after killing him in battle. It was at this time that Zeus gave her the Aegis, a piece of armor capable of protecting her from all evil and disaster.

She was depicted crowned, with a crested helm, armed with a shield and spear. She is commonly shown accompanied by her sacred animal, the owl. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which was named in honor of her (the Parthenon, which overlooks the city, was a temple the Athenians dedicated to her.) The Greeks especially also associate the olive with her, as she won a contest against Poseidon to decide who would be the patron god or goddess of what would become Athens when she planted an olive tree as a gift to the city.

Although Perseus' conquest of Medusa is well known, Medusa was originally a ravishing woman with beautiful hair. She was so enamored with herself that she boasted one day that her hair was more beautiful than that of even Athena. In a fit of rage, Athena turned Medusa's hair into snakes that would turn anyone who looked at them into stone. Still unsatisfied, Athena had Perseus slay Medusa and is then said to have fitted Medusa's head into the Aegis to make it even more powerful. Another version was that Medusa herself was a high-priestess of Athena. Loyal and devout, Medusa's near supernatural beauty prompted people to make attempts at wooing her and would often come to Athena's temple simply to see Medusa. Of the men who wished to have the beautiful Medusa as their own, the most powerful was Poseidon, the Lord of the Ocean who was determined to make her his own. Using his divine powers, Poseidon made Medusa enter a dream-like state in which she succumbed to his advances. Outraged at Medusa having had been seduced by her arch-enemy, Athena punished the high-priestess by transforming her into the first gorgon. As a gorgon those fair features were hideously wrought and those golden locks twisted to hissing vipers. Anyone that met her eyes was petrified, a statue for all eternity.

Appearance
Athena appears as a beautiful young woman, with a voluptuous figure and marble-like skin. Her light-purple hair is long and touches her waist while her eyes are kaleidoscopic, shifting from grey to greenish-blue to the same shade of purple as her hair. Following her 100-year exile, Nemesis branded her forehead with a crimson mark to remind her of her past crime.

She wears a black turtleneck sweater underneath a dark-colored blazer, a gray-plait short skirt, and thigh-high boots. Her Gorgoneion appears as a necklace in this form, and she also wears a pair of glasses purely for cosmetic purposes.

When on the battlefield, she wears a golden armor with a white silken dress underneath, a flowing cape behind her back that is embroidered with images of her past victories and conquests in golden threads, and her famous spear and shield in her hands. She was described as "beautifully glorious, yet terrifying at the same time".

Personality
Athena is an exceptionally brilliant, quick-witted, and disciplined goddess, who always takes precautions before acting and disapproves of taking considerable risks.

While this left many with a negative opinion of her and makes her seem cold and calculating, she still concedes with the reasons for her perspective and her opinion of her weaknesses. Because of this, she might be the worst enemy someone can make, for she would never give up or make a rash mistake simply because she hates someone. Despite this, she has shown to have a soft side for those who seek knowledge and tries to help them as much as she possibly can.

In battle, she is a fierce, astute, and extremely unpredictable warrior and tactician. Despite her calm and reserved demeanor, she can become intensely focused in a duel and shows many typical blood-knight traits, similar to that of her brother Ares, to the point where one might mistakenly see what she sees as a "friendly spar" to be a battle to the death. According to her, while she considers fighting as an inevitable necessity at times, focusing more on minimizing casualties in war while still trying to achieve, she still appreciates the performative nature of a good battle, as it is the nature of all war gods.

She has a strong sense of justice and fairness that even her own allies and champions aren't exempt from, and extends to even those who had offended her. However, she is able to put aside personal grudges, or at least temporarily, to either help those who are desperate or to serve the greater good.

She can be extremely prideful and stern, having a dark side just like other gods: She transformed Arachne into a spider when the mortal girl defeated her in a weaving contest, and she cursed the aulos that she made because playing it grotesquely altered her facial features, which eventually led to the death of the satyr Marsyas. After Paris had decided to give the golden apple to Aphrodite instead of her or Hera, she took the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War and did everything within her power to bring him down, a testament to her vanity and capacity for vengeance. According to Annabeth, one of the first things the Athena's Cabin learned is that "Athena is the best at everything and any thought to the contrary is not taken well", which show that not even her children are immune from the effects of her vanity (hence why hubris seems to be the hereditary fatal flaw of her children).

However, despite her pride rivalling that of her father Zeus', she is able to admit that she is wrong, something that isn't even remotely in the nature of most gods.

She despises anything Roman, from the culture to even the heroes and demigods of the Roman part of the Pantheon, as the Romans didn't consider Minerva to be a true War Goddess and made her more of a defensive/strategic adviser and artist, even looking down upon defensive maneuvers and only falling back on them as a last resort. Because of this, she hates Rome with all of her essence and wants every single trait and influences of Rome to be erased. Her hatred against Rome even goes as far as allying herself with various other pantheons subjugated by the Roman Olympians to plan a rebellion, bringing in Christianity and shook the foundation of the Roman people's faith and belief, allowing the other gods she secretly allied with to rebel against the Olympians. Even after the Roman Pantheon collapsed and she was severely punished by her father, she still harbors great hatred toward Rome and its people.

Roman Form
Athena can change into her Roman counterpart of Minerva. Unlike the other gods, she is less warlike and militaristic, being instead a goddess of crafts and wisdom. Because the Romans depicted Minerva as a more cerebral and demure goddess, she dislikes the Romans despite being a Roman god, as they took away all her military importance and stole her statue.

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Harming, Trapping, & Banishing

 * Witchcraft: As witchcraft is a form of magic wielded by witches to oppose those of heavenly nature, pagan gods such as Athena are susceptible by witchery. There are many witchery spells and rituals that can be used to trap, weaken, and hurt her, with some rituals rumored to be capable of even killing immortals such as the pagan gods.
 * Celestial Weapons: Weapons made out of sacred metals, such as Celestial Bronze or Imperial Gold, can be used against the majority of supernatural beings, including pagan gods such as Athena.
 * Lack of Worship & Offerings: As a pagan goddess, Athena gains more power from the prayers, offerings, and sacrifices from mortal devotees, and is dependent on it to maintain her immense divinity. If she stops gaining offerings from her loyal followers, her powers may become immensely weakened. Due to her essence being tied to the Western Civilization, she can gain power from those associated and symbolized by her divine domains, or associated with her or the myths surrounding her.

Killing

 * Divine Weapons: The divine weapons of the gods, which are crafted from sacred metals and are imbued with their wielders' divinity, can be used to kill or injure fellow immortal gods like Athena. However, due to her immense power, only a god’s Symbol of Power is capable of killing her.
 * Enochian Weapons: Athena can be killed using weapons made out of Enochian metals.
 * Longinus: As the Longinus are Sacred Gears made out of Enochian metals of the highest-ranking, forged by Heavens' forges with the highest-quality Enochian technology and are imbued with fragments of the Biblical God's divinity, those with enough skills and experience can absolutely and permanently killed Athena, to the point where she can never be reborn or resurrected again.
 * Faustian Weapons: Athena can be killed using weapons made out of Faustian metals.
 * Primordials' Weapons: Weapons created and wielded by primordial entities can be used to permanently and absolutely obliterate every and any being in existence but other primordial entities, erasing their entire existence from the worlds so that they can never be reborn, or resurrected again without being saved by God's omnipotence.

Quotes
"There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it."

- Athena

"I am the war goddess, Pallas Athena! All battles end before my sharp, grey eyes! Those with courage, go forth with no fear or hesitation!"

- Athena

"I see the outcome of each and every battle... In the name of Pallas Athena, do not fear! Be true to your heart, and march onward!"

- Athena

"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 to Percy Jackson

"Yes, my children will avenge me. They must destroy the Romans. Horrible, dishonorable, copycat Romans. Juno argued that we must keep the two camps apart. I said, No, let them fight. Let my children destroy the usurpers."

- Athena to Annabeth Chase

"Hail, noble Cousin. Now let's get you from that miserable place. I'll see that all of us upon Olympus do our part, beginning here with me."

- Athena to Zagreus

"...Of some things I am certain, and one of them is this: That there were many times, during my mortal life, when my spear found its mark thanks to Pallas Athena. She favors those of dispositions such as mine, and I would like to think her efforts keep the violent lusting of Ares, her half-brother, well in check. If anybody on Olympus might have the capacity to mend the rift between my Master and themselves, it must be her; though, even in all her wisdom, I remain unsure if she can sway my Master's obstinance."

- Achilles' notes on Athena

Trivia

 * Athena likes reading, well-prepared coffee (mixed with a heavy amount of alcohol), and deep-fried foods.
 * She dislikes dealing with paperwork, perverts, and measuring her height.
 * According to Apollo, she makes awful puns whenever she is stressed, much to his and other Olympians' suffering.
 * When she leads in battle, she is known as "Athena Promachos."
 * She is one of the patron deities of Sparta,  where she was called "Athena Poliachos", meaning "Athena Protector of the City."
 * She was known as "Athena Parthenos" ("Athena the Virgin"), which was how she was worshiped at the Athenian Parthenon. This would also be the name of her statue that stood there, which eventually becoming the most famous Greek statue of all time.
 * The Pallas family of asteroids is named after Pallas Athene Parthenos, one of Athena's alternative names.
 * 2 Pallas, the third-largest asteroid in the solar system, is named after her.
 * The Pallas crater on the Moon is named after her.
 * She and Hephaestus are the only gods Zeus trusted to wield his thunderbolt.
 * Her most important festival was the Panathenaea, which was celebrated annually in Athens.
 * Athena's Roman form is displayed on the Medal of Honor - the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Government, much to her dismay.
 * Her image as Minerva is, once again, appeared on the Great Seal of California, as she was born an adult, and California was never a territory.
 * In Chapter XXX, Hermes jokingly stated that this is why she never travel to California willingly.