Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29602226-20160824204855/@comment-29602226-20160824211529

Well, in Greek mythology every Godhead was defeated and dethroned by his own son, so Athena could have dethroned Zeus too.

Uranus was castrated by Cronus, his son, and he retired (but was left free). Cronus was locked in Tartarus (the deepest layer of Hell) for a time, until his son Zeus felt secure enough in his position that he released him, crowning him king of the Isles of the Blessed, in the Western Ocean, where dead heroes lived happy forever (a nicer Afterlife, basically).

Some people think that the previous Chief God is the current Fallen God. Zeus was quite a horny god, so it would make sense that he degenerated, spending more and more time having sex and neglecting rulership until Athena and the other gods had no choice but to dethrone him and lock him in Pandemonium.

As for Athena, my bet is that the Demon Lord's Consort wounded her with one of those Demon Realm Silver swords that infect you with Demonic Energy, and she's desperately fighting monsterization right now.