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 such as nonattracted, aemotional, aphysical, and atertiary. It is similar to achillean and sapphic in its Greco-Roman origins, flag design, and that it's an attraction term.
History
Athenian/Minervan was coined by Tumblr user Disney-swiftie on September 7th, 2020.[1] The terms was named after the Greek goddess Athena who is commonly interpreted as asexual and aromantic in modern times and Minervan comes from the name Minerva, Athena's Roman equivalent. Alternate terms were created by Chaoticcylinder on December 10th, 2020 in order to distinguish the term from the word for someone from Athens. Athenic uses a different ending.
Flag
The original flag was created by Disney-swiftie on September 7th , 2020. Olive represents Athena/Minerva. Purple represents asexual people, green for aromantic people, and white for all aspec people.
An alternate 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.
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