#Hera was ethos and I'd maybe put Hephaestus there?

[a-salty-alto]

The more I think about it on like a PRACTICAL rhetorical level, Athena's response to Aphrodite is probably the worst of them because at least for everyone else she tries to appeal to something they care about, with Aphrodite it's like "oh a broken heart can mend" but like!

No it can't! That's why Odysseus' mom died. That's like saying someone shouldn't be punished for stabbing someone else because stab wounds heal, if it's the thing that killed them it kinda didn't and it's not relevant?

I think either Aphrodite just could tell how much Athena genuinely cared and since she's more than the goddess of romantic love she was moved by that more than the statement, OR. Watching Athena beat the shit out of Ares made her go "hm not the hill I want to die on today."

Or both