Athena

ATHENA

Real Name: Athena

Class: God (Olympian Gods)

Occupation: Goddess of wisdom

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Zeus (father), Metis (mother), Hera, Demeter, Hestia (aunts), Hades, Poseidon (uncles), Hercules, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Hermes (half-brothers), Aphrodite, Artemis, Eris, Persephone, Cassie Sandsmark, Wonder Girl (half-sisters)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mount Olympus

First Appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (December, 1941)

Powers: As an Olympian God Athena was immortal and possessed superhuman strength and durability. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and immensely intelligent.

History:

(Beowulf #5) - On his return from the Trojan War Ulysses found himself stranded on the island of the sea-nymph Calypso. Ishtar and En-Lil, aliens posing as Mesopotamian gods, were collecting great warriors and putting them in a cryogenic sleep aboard their spaceship. They captured Ulysses, and he remained in suspended animation until the Middle Ages, when he was freed by the warrior Beowulf, who resisted the aliens attempt to add him to their collection. Beowulf destroyed the spaceship's control panel, causing it to crash into Atlantis. The chain reaction sunk the continent, but Beowulf and Ulysses survived. Athena heard Ulysses' pleas and appeared to him, sending him back in time to the island of Calypso.

Comments: Adapted to comics by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter.

Athena / Minerva was a goddess from Greek mythology. For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena.

Athena received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #17 and Who's Who Update '87 #4 under the Olympian Gods entry.