Athenian (also known as Athenic or Minervan) is a term referring to someone who does not experience at least one type of attraction. it includes people on the asexual spectrum, aromantic spectrum, aplatonic spectrum people, aqueerplatonic spectrum people, analterous spectrum people, asensual spectrum people, nonaesthetic spectrum people, and any other lack of attraction. It is used as a counterpart to achillean and sapphic.
History
Athenian was coined by Disneyfan1413 on the LGBTA+ Wiki on November 22, 2020. The terms was named after the Greek goddess Athena who is commonly interpreted as asexual and aromantic in modern times. Two alternate terms were created by Chaoticcylinder on December 10, 2020 in order to distinguish the term from the word for someone from Athens. Athenic uses a different ending. Minervan uses the name Minerva- the Roman equivalent of Athena.
Flag
The original flag was created by Disneyfan1413 on November 22, 2020. Olive leaves were likely chosen to reference Athena. No other meaning was given.
An alternate, high quality flag was created by Chaoticcylinder on December 10, 2020. The purple stripes represents asexuals/ace-specs. Green in the leaves represents aromantics/aro-specs. The white stripe represents a lack of attraction in general and encompasses all other people who lack attraction.