Annabeth points out that the strength and aggression of Ares must sometimes bow down to wisdom. Although the Ancient Greeks valued strength and bravery, they also valued cleverness, which was embodied by their greatest hero, Odysseus, the protagonist of the Odyssey. Odysseus’s patron god was Athena, and he was an unusual hero in that he overthrew his enemies through a cunning intellect. Although Percy does not meet Athena, he is accompanied by Athena’s daughter, Annabeth—and Annabeth always has a plan. Percy too begins to come up with increasingly clever solutions in order to defeat his enemies.