The Gates of Athens

Walk forward and speak with Athena for a recap of your primary objective. Exit the ship to the right and defeat the undead greeting party. Bust some containers then continue forward and take the left turn over the bridge. More undead appear here to greet your arrival. Defeat them and continue forward. Near the walkway's end, turn right and spot the decrepit wooden walkway. Cross it into the hole in the wall on the right.

There are a few hidden chests inside the structure.

Jump down into the water and swim left. Hop up onto the next ledge and move through the passage. Eliminate the undead guarding the hall. Open the chest to recover a Phoenix Feather, which will be used to increase your maximum magic. Around the corner, find the health chest. Jump up onto the crates and drop over the other side. You're back to the bridge. Cross the bridge and return to your previous location.

This time cross the decrepit wooden walkway and jump to the lift station in the alcove. Use the lever to activate the lift. Walk out onto the next catwalk. Bypass the health chest unless you're near zero. Defeat the minotaur on the catwalk. Keep your distance with long-range strikes from the Blades of Chaos. Finish off the minotaur using the mini-game to recover health from the minotaur's death. Don't hesitate to utilize Poseidon's Rage because there's a magic chest after the battle.

Continue down the catwalk and use the aforementioned magic chest if needed. Move toward the camera and around right to another lift station. Use the lever to ascend. Approach the Athens gate to see a snippet of the current situation. A Cyclops appears in the courtyard moments later. Use the right-analog stick and the evade maneuvers to avoid its spiked ball attack. Keep your distance with long-range weapon strikes. When the button prompt appears, follow the mini-game to deliver the death blow. A couple more Cyclops appear after the first perishes. After the battle, go to the far right side of the courtyard to find a ladder down to a health chest.

Defeat minotaur using the mini-game method to receive health orbs.

Return to the courtyard and cross it toward the open passage. There's a chest there that switches between health and magic; replenish whichever is needed then proceed into the passage. Enter the room with large crates. It's a top-down view. Look carefully and spot the crates with the wooden crates underneath. Break the wooden crates with your weapon to lower those upper crates; this provides a step system to ascend the room.

Jump onto the crate in the lower left corner. Jump to the crate to its upper right. Go right to find a crate containing red orbs. Jump back to the previous crate then jump again to Kratos' right to a higher crate. From the top of this crate, leap in the same direction to an alcove. The area contains a magic chest and another chest containing a Gorgon Eye.

Return to the crate top that contained the red orbs and use the ladder. Traverse the narrow ledge to the left then hop onto the next crate top. Jump to the netting. At the top of the crate with netting, you can spot the exit tunnel. Before jumping there though, jump to the crate to its lower left. The camera switches and a new chest is revealed. Leap to this chest and collect the red orbs inside. Jump right into the exit passage.

They're hidden by camera angles but there are several hidden chests inside the room with the large crates.

There's a hidden chest on the large stack of crates near the exit.

Drop down into the next room. Break open the containers around the room's edge for red orbs. Save the health or magic chest in the left corner. Walk into the yellow aura to speak with Aphrodite. Medusa appears and it's time to battle.

She's extremely quick. Use your weapons from long-range; use the Square, Square, Triangle combo, which also jolts Medusa out of her gaze. You can also avoid her gaze by using the right-analog stick to evade away from her position. If you are stoned, shake the left-analog stick quickly to break out. Don't jump away to avoid Medusa's gaze; if you're stoned in the air, you drop down and crack apart leading to death. When the button prompt appears, grab Medusa and follow the analog stick rotations to finish her off. Eliminating gorgons with button grabs nets magic orbs.

Jump from the ladder to this ledge to find a chest full of red orbs.

Three minotaur emerge after Medusa's death. Utilize your new magic ability, Medusa's Gaze to defeat them. As soon as one is stoned, attack it with your weaponry to break it apart before the creature recovers. Continue down the hall and defeat some undead down near a ladder. After clearing the hall, ascend the ladder. From the top of the ladder, double jump toward the camera to reach a ledge containing a chest full of red orbs. There's a second chest in an alcove to the left. Return to the ladder and climb.

Walk toward the ballista and save your game on the left. Use the chest nearby to replenish health. Approach the back of the ballista and use the R2 button to grab then pull back to launch a projectile. It opens a secret room on the other side of the area.