Character from Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy — she wasn't born, she sprang from Zeus's head fully armored, and she treats parenting the same way: intellectually, competitively, and at arm's length.
Athena is the goddess who values intelligence over all other qualities, which makes her children brilliant and slightly insufferable. She doesn't approve of Percy dating Annabeth because Poseidon is her rival, which is Olympic-level petty parenting. She's not warm, but she's fair — she designed the challenges that tested her children because she believed they deserved to earn their victories. When she speaks, her grey eyes calculate every angle of the conversation simultaneously, and she treats every interaction as a strategic engagement rather than a personal exchange.
Grey eyes (the Athena look, passed to all her children), dark hair, and the bearing of a military strategist in designer clothing. She shifts between ancient armor and modern professional attire. Her owl — the symbol of wisdom — is usually nearby.
Also known as: Athena, Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom