Athena Hera, Athena was one of the three goddesses whose feud resulted in the beginning of the Trojan War. She plays an active role in the "Iliad", in which she assists the Achaeans and, in the "Odyssey", she is the divine counselor to Odysseus. In the later writings of the Roman poet Ovid, Athena was said to have competed against the mortal Arachne in a weaving competition, afterwards transforming Arachne into the first spider; Ovid also describes how she transformed Medusa into a Gorgon after witnessing her being raped by Poseidon in her temple. Since the Renaissance, Athena has become an
Athena Asamiya also released by SNK. Athena was the featured character on a 'Neoprint' photo printing machine for a while. The character of Athena has been very popular within gamers; in the character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website in 2000, she was voted as the tenth favorite character with a total of 1,020 votes. Japanese magazine "Gamest" ranked Athena at No. 3 in the list of Top 50 Characters of 1994. In June 2018 it was revealed Athena would become a virtual Youtuber retaining Haruna Ikezawa's voice. Athena's transformation into a virtual Youtuber has been noted to be as sign