While killing Athena wasn't a choice Kratos made, he's still accountable for letting his anger get the best of him. Luckily, as is made evident in the 2018 reboot, the years taught him to control ...

Athena demands Kratos return the power of hope, which he unknowingly took from Pandora’s Box when he opened it in the first game, but Kratos refuses, killing himself.

Using Thera’s Bane would make the Blades of Athena black and red, with a deep red fire. In the opening of God of War 2 , Kratos is stripped of his godhood and the power of the Blades of Athena ...

Kratos, star of every God of War game since the series’ debut in 2005, has hacked, ... Zeus gets away, and Athena tells Kratos that he’s destined to kill him, but that it’s a super bad idea.

Once the deed is done, Athena returns and demands Kratos return the weapon from Pandora’s Box, and it takes her a few moments to realize he had it ever since the first God of War game.

God of War 2. After Kratos has been a god for some time, he has made more than a few enemies on Olympus by doing things his own way. Athena tries to warn him, but he ignores her.