Athena

Title: 아테나: 전쟁의 여신 / Athena: Jeonjaeng-ui Yeoshin / Athena: Goddess of War
Chinese Title : 雅典娜:战争女神
Genre: Action, thriller, romance
Episodes: 20 (Not Yet Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-13 to 2011-Feb-15
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Related Series : IRIS, IRIS 2

Synopsis
A terrorist group known as “Athena” and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.
Cast
Jung Woo Sung as Lee Jung Woo
Cha Seung Won as Son Hyuk
Soo Ae as Yoon Hye In
Lee Ji Ah as Han Jae Hee
Kim Min Jong as Kim Ki Soo
Choi Si Won as Kim Joon Ho
Lee Bo Young as Jo Soo Young
Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho
Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa
Yoo Dong Geun as Kwon Yong Gwan
Son Ji Hoon (손지훈) as Hong Jin Suk
Kim Young Ae as Choi Jin Hee
Lee Han Wie
Yoo Tae Woong
Sean Richard
Bang Kil Seung (방길승)
BoA as female singer (cameo)
Girls’ Generation (cameo)
Chu Sung Hoon (cameo)
Ryu Dam (cameo)
Oh Chang Suk
Production Credits
Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
Producer: Kim Young Sup
Director: Kim Myung Joon (김명준), Kim Tae Hoon (김태훈), Hwang Jung Hyun (황정현)
Screenwriter: Kim Hyun Joon (김현준), Yoo Nam Kyung (유남경)
Notes
- Filming locations include Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, Italy, and New Zealand.
- This drama is a spin-off of the 2009 KBS2 drama “IRIS” with new characters and will be aired on SBS.
- Production company Taewon Entertainment, responsible for the original “IRIS“, will produce this drama and the upcoming “IRIS 2″ (KBS2 will air the sequel to IRIS sometime in 2011).
Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2010-12-13	1	25.9 (2nd)	26.2 (1st)
2010-12-14	2	25.4 (2nd)	25.8 (1st)
2010-12-20	3	20.2 (2nd)	20.7 (2nd)
2010-12-21	4	19.8 (2nd)	19.9 (2nd)
2010-12-27	5	19.0 (2nd)	18.8 (2nd)
2010-12-28	6	18.7 (2nd)	18.2 (2nd)
2011-01-03	7	15.1 (3rd)	18.8 (3rd)
2011-01-04	8	15.1 (3rd)	18.4 (3rd)
2011-01-10	9	13.8 (3rd)	16.0 (4th)
2011-01-11	10	12.4 (9th)	13.7 (6th)
2011-01-17	11	13.0 (4th)	13.7 (6th)
2011-01-18	12	11.9 (5th)	12.9 (7th)
2011-01-24	13	13.3 (4th)	13.6 (5th)
2011-01-25	14	11.4 (8th)	12.9 (6th)
2011-01-31	15	11.8 (6th)	13.1 (6th)
2011-02-01	16
2011-02-07	17
2011-02-08	18
2011-02-14	19
2011-02-15	20

Source: TNS Media Korea
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