God of War 2 - PS2 - The Divine Pools and Destiny's Atrium

The chains lead to a climbable wall. Follow the wall to a solid walkway that'll bring you to a save point just outside the Divine Pools. Enter the pools area and fight off the trio of weak flying nymphs inside. To the left, at the base of this tall room, is a breakable wall you can chop through to gain access to a red orb chest. Climb the ledges leading to the top of the room and look for a second red orb chest to the right.
Exit the room to the left and you'll come to a wall you can climb. Before climbing down, follow the wall to the left, leaping across a small break in the climbing surface to reach a secret area with lots of chests. One of the chests contains a Gorgon Eye.
Climb back to the first part of the climbable wall. From there, go down to a landing below and then look for a second climbable section of the wall to the right. Continue down to a breakable wall. Mash through it to enter a small cave with a chest and a Phoenix Feather.
With the two secret items collected, make your way back to the landing in the middle of the climbable wall sections. Go left from there and you'll find a red orb chest tucked away on the other side of a large set of double doors. Kick open the doors (R1) and enter a large hall with a massive statue at the far end.
Drop off the main walkway to the lower level below the statue. At the back of the room is a hidden chest with another Phoenix Feather as well as a Gorgon Eye. There's much more to do in this low pit. Grab hold of the handle in the center of the pool and pull it backwards to reveal a hole in the bottom of the pool. Dive into the hole and swim through the underground tunnel, charging up with R1 to bust through the cracked barrier underwater.
The tunnel leads to a room with a smaller statue. Press R1 in front of the statue to acquire the Amulet of the Fates, an item that will let you slow down time when near statues such as the one before you now. When you've acquired the item, dive back into the underwater tunnel to return to the previous room.
Once back in the lower level of the main room, step on the large floor switch near the back of the room to raise the columns on either side of Kratos. Activate the Amulet of the Fates to slow time and use the risen columns to return to the upper walkway. If you climb the columns to your right, you'll pass by a cracked portion of the wall. You can bust it open to reveal a hidden chest with yet another Gorgon Eye.
Look for another floor switch near the end of this upper walkway. Stand on it until the hands of the statue ahead drop down, then activate the Amulet of the Fates to slow time. Run to the hands and hop on them to trigger a conversation with Lahkesis. When the scene is over with, you can drop onto the platform behind Lahkesis's ruined head to open a couple of chests, one of which has a Phoenix Feather.
Give the broken head a few whacks from your blades to send it tumbling through the glass behind the statue. Drop down into the courtyard that's now opened up to meet a new enemy type as a pack of wraiths comes up from the ground. Wraiths, like other difficult enemies, are best dealt with using quick attack strings that can be instantly cancelled into a guard or an evasive roll. It's also good to keep the wraiths bouncing in the air, using attacks like SQUARE SQUARE TRIANGLE and air grabs to prevent them from counter attacking. If you do see a wraith vanish in a plume of black smoke, immediately hold the guard button to defend against their deadly strike. We also suggest taking out the flying enemies that join the fray before worrying about the remaining wraiths. You'll be glad you did.
When the enemies are cleared, destroy the remains of Lahkesis's head (if you haven't already) and continue forward to a long bridge. At the end of the bridge the path branches left and right. Check out both directions to find a red orb chest and a second chest with a Gorgon Eye. When you're ready, locate one of the ladders that leads down to the courtyard below.
Upon landing in the atrium below, a cyclops appears with a pack of wild boars. Lure the boars away from the cyclops to take them out first, then focus on dropping the mighty one-eyed monster. Attack with quick combos using the SQUARE attack and cancel them into an evasive roll any time you see the cyclops bring back his hands for a strike. When a CIRCLE appears over the cyclops's head, quickly run up to grab the cyclops before it recovers. You won't finish it off right away, but you will knock out some free health orbs.
A few more cyclopes replace the first when you've killed the first. When the courtyard is finally clear, a doorway to the left will open up to reveal a fire-spewing statue. For now, ignore it. and instead locate the ladder to your left that's closest to the back wall of the atrium.