Legend has stereotyped him somewhat into a romantic hero, and he is generally known thêm for his tình yêu for Catherine Earnshaw than his final years of vengeance in the một giây half of the novel, in which he grows into a bitter, haunted man (although there are also a number of incidents in Heathcliff's early life that hiển thị that he was an angry and sometimes malicious individual from the beginning; again, these tend to be glossed over in the được ưa chuộng imagination). His complicated, mesmerising and altogether bizarre nature makes him a rare character, with components of both the hero and villain.
The oldest bởi some years, Athos is a father figure to the other musketeers. He is described as noble and handsome but also very secretive, drowning his secret sorrows in drink. He is very protective of d'Artagnan, the youngest, whom he regards as a son.
Athos' first name is never told. However, in Dumas' play "The Youth of the Musketeers," the young Milady, then named Charlotte, calls the then Vicomte de la Fère, Olivier, so one may assume that this is Athos' first name.
