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Athos

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Athos is a planet in the Pegasus Galaxy on the series Stargate Atlantis. The planet is home to Athosians, an agrarian population who have suffered many attacks by the Wraith. Teyla Emmagan was the leader of the Athosian people before joining the Atlantis expedition.

The Ancients once had a city on Athos that was destroyed several thousand years ago. The Athosians regard the Ancients as their ancestors. Prayer to the ancestors is an important part of Athosian religious beliefs.

After the Wraith attack in Rising, Part 1, the Athosians living near the stargate were evacuated to Atlantis. They remained there for a short while before moving to the mainland on the planet.

Following the return of the Ancients, the Athosians were disappointed when the Ancestors requested that they leave the planet. The Athosians moved to a new home planet and later on, so did Atlantis.

Not long after settling on their new homeworld, New Athos, the Athosians disappeared without a trace. It was later revealed they'd been taken by men loyal to the Wraith known as Michael. Among the missing Athosians was the man Teyla loved, Kanaan, the father of her unborn son. Kanaan was among Athosians Michael experimented on in his plot to blend human and Wraith DNA to create a new species with the strength of the Wraith and none of their hunger. In the process many Athosians were killed. Colonel Sheppard and his team managed to rescue the remaining human survivors and bring them back to Atlantis.