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I imagine since she’s Demeter/Hestia’s child, she’s so gifted at cooking that her food always comes out looking so perfect like those Instagram food pics. Her biggest dream is recovering old ancient food recipes and recreating them

When she was in her teens and had her hair cut short, she bore such an uncanny resemblance to young Poseidon, which was only made more uncanny when she tried on his old chiton. To Poseidon and his siblings, it was sweet but also brought back some rather uncomfortable memories of when they were younger and living under Kronos’ thumb.

This is because in my interpretation, the Athenide’s sacred animals are dogs since they’re known for their loyalty to their owners and pacs. It’s only fitting that man’s best friend would represent the goddess of loyalty herself.

When Argos takes his final breath shortly after Odysseus walks off, his soul is gently cradled by the Athenide.

“For you, my dear Argos. As reward for your unwavering loyalty to your master Odysseus’ wish in guarding his family and castle, you shall be reborn as one of my divine dogs of loyalty and walk by my side among the stars and gods.”

The Athenide then reaches out a hand, collecting a small handful of stars from the sky, to create a new eternal body for Argos’ soul, returning him to his once youthful and energetic state, now forever immortal and strong. Perseleia was so touched by Argos’ endurance, that this was her way of honoring him.

From that day since the Athenide now walks with three dogs among her side, the third being the once faithful dog of Ithica’s king. Now a divine being who stands as a testimony of faith.

I’m actually shocked there hasn’t been any “what if the Athenide was in Epic the musical” or at least in The Odyssey fanfics considering how massively popular Epic the musical is in the Greek myth community. It’s even more surprising considering how both Poseidon and Athena play major roles in the story, meaning Perseleia would definitely play a huge role if she was in it too.

I can see her being torn between whether to ally with her dad Poseidon in avenging her brother Polyphemus since she’s sees the genuine hurt he’s going through. But she’s also torn between allying with her mom Athena and helping Odysseus get home. She’s loyal to both her parents but is torn in deciding for herself who to help.

She would be so devastated by Astyanax’s death oh my god. She’s a goddess who protects children/infants, so her being unable to save this one baby since it’s the will of the gods (Zeus) would have her shattered.

I think As the goddess of loyalty, Perseleia would really like Odysseus for his unwavering commitment to his wife and son throughout his journey. Maybe she secretly tries to help him avoid her father by giving tips and secret shortcuts in the sea. Perseleia is so concerned for her dad as she sees him grow more unhinged and disheveled over the years as he obsesses over hunting down Odysseus.

Maybe instead of Athena training Telemachus, she asks her daughter to do so and Telemachus ends up forming a crush on Perseleia (Apollo does not like). I can see Perseleia visiting Penelope and telling her to not lose faith in her husband and stay strong, all while keeping her company over the years.

Imagine during Get In The Water, Perseleia shows up and stands between Poseidon and Odysseus, raising her sword up at Poseidon as she begs him to please just let Odysseus go home and stop all this. Poseidon has a soft spot for his favorite daughter and would be torn. But ultimately, his rage gets the better of him and sweeps her to the side with his waves and resumes trying to kill Odysseus.

Poseidon: “Perseleia, get out of the way!!”

Perseleia: “No! If you love me…….you will stop all of this. Now!! Please………patéras. Let’s just go home…..”

During the final arc, where both her parents are gravely injured (Athena after confronting Zeus and Poseidon getting his ass beat by Odysseus), Perseleia is just so done with everything and worried sick about them both.