History Literature / GoddessGirls

The series initially focuses on four primary characters – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis -- as a diverse group of loyal friends. Athena is noted for her intelligence, Persephone is mysterious and kind, Artemis is bold and strong, and Aphrodite is "effortlessly beautiful". Joan Holub writes about Athena and Artemis, Suzanne Williams about Persephone and Aphrodite. Later books in the series expand the roster to include ''many'' more goddesses, plus the occasional demigoddess or mortal.

** Why exactly did Zeus leave Athena to be raised on Earth, exactly? And why is this never brought up?
* ActionGirl: All the main Goddess Girls have their moments but Artemis is the leading lady.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: All four of them, especially Persephone.
* BigSisterBully: Stheno and Eurayle towards Medusa.

* GenkiGirl: Iris and Eurydice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Orion.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Medusa, as of ''Medusa the Mean'' and Poseidon as of ''Amphitrite the Bubbly''
* LighterAndSofter: A version of Greek Mythology that's made for elementary schoolers, so this is a given
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: All girls have their moments: Athena accidentally sends a storm of inventions down to Earth, Persephone runs away from home after a fight with her mother and friends, Artemis breaks the Hero-ology statue and Aphrodite starts ''freaking war!'' Pheme notes three of them in ''Pheme the Gossip.''
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Aphrodite's Girly Girl to Artemis' Tomboy.
* {{Tsundere}}: Persephone is a Type B.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Poseidon admits to Athena his fear of snakes in the first book. This is brought up again in ''Medusa the Mean.'' Ironic, given his original relationship with her.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Poseidon admits to Athena his fear of snakes in the first book. This is brought up again in ''Medusa the Mean.''

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: All four of them, especially Persephone.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Orion.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Medusa, as of ''Medusa the Mean'' and Poseidon as of ''Amphitrite the Bubbly''

%%* {{Tsundere}}: Persephone is a Type B.

The series focuses on four primary characters – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis — as a diverse group of loyal friends. Athena is noted for her intelligence, Persephone is mysterious and kind, Artemis is bold and strong, and Aphrodite is "effortlessly beautiful". Joan Holub writes about Athena and Artemis, Suzanne Williams about Persephone and Aphrodite.

The series focuses on four primary characters – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis — as a diverse group of loyal friends. Athena is noted for her intelligence, Persephone is mysterious and kind, Artemis is bold and strong, and Aphrodite is "effortlessly beautiful". Joan Holub writes about Athena and Artemis, Suzanne Williams about Persephone and Aphrodite. Zeus is represented as the Principal of the Academy, and many other gods, including Hades, Poseidon, and Ares, appear in the series. Pandora, Medusa and Heracles appear as mortal characters in the series. The series includes deities and characters from other mythological traditions as visitors to the Academy.

Unfortunately, the series is relatively unpopular.

* BeautyBrainsandBrawn: Aphrodite is the Beauty, Athena is the Brain and Artemis is the Brawn.

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Medusa, as of ''Medusa the Mean'' and Posiedon as of ''Amphitrite the Bubbly''

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Posiedon admits to Athena his fear of snakes in the first book. This is brought up again in ''Medusa the Mean.''

'''''Goddess Girls''''' is a series of children's books written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, published by Simon & Schuster under the Aladdin imprint. The books are based on Greek mythology and depict the younger generation of the Olympian pantheon as privileged tween students attending Mount Olympus Academy (MOA) to develop their divine skills.

* ''Athena the Brain''
* ''Persephone the Phony''
* ''Aphrodite the Beauty''
* ''Artemis the Brave''
* ''Athena the Wise''
* ''Aphrodite the Diva''
* ''Artemis the Loyal''
* ''Medusa the Mean''
* ''The Girl Games'' (Super Special)
* ''Pandora the Curious''
* ''Pheme the Gossip''
* ''Persephone the Daring''
* ''Cassandra the Lucky''
* ''Athena the Proud''
* ''Iris the Colorful''
* ''Aphrodite the Fair''
* ''Medusa the Rich''
* ''Amphitrite the Bubbly''
* ''Hestia the Invisible''
* ''Echo the Copycat''
* ''Calliope the Muse''

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* BewaretheNiceOnes: All four of them, especially Persephone.

* {{Jerkass}}: Orion.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Medusa, as of ''Medusa the Mean'' and Posiedon as of ''Amphitrite the Bubbly''

* {{Tsundere}}: Persephone is a Type B.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Artemis and Actaeon. In the original myth, she ''killed'' Actaeon because he [[DisproportionateRetribution saw her naked]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Poseidon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Medusa, as of ''Medusa the Mean.''