Creation and Conception
Masami Kurumada once stated that, when he was in the process of creating Saint Seiya, Athena was not going to exist as a character, but she was rather going to be experienced individually by each of the protagonists in different spiritual ways. Later, he thought this concept would be somewhat confusing to readers and difficult to use, so he decided to integrate her into his manga as a character, with her own traits and personality.
In his manga, Masami Kurumada spelled Athena's name with the kanji for goddess (女神, megami?) and the furigana (forced reading) Atena (アテナ?). Kurumada also spelled her name in Greek using the Attic spelling Ἀθηνᾶ, Athḗnâ. In the anime adaptation, it appeared in the Doric spelling Ἀσάνα, Asána, and as Ἀθάνα, Athánâ, both in the manga and the anime. Both are correct, as they are simply calligraphic variations of the name used in the times of Ancient Greece.
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