Cover Page - shares	3 Months Ended
Cover Page - shares	Mar. 31, 2022	Apr. 29, 2022
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q/A
Amendment Flag	true
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2022
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	ATHLON ACQUISITION CORP.
Entity Central Index Key	0001828914
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Shell Company	true
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity File Number	001-39870
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Tax Identification Number	85-3331021
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Entity Address, Address Line One	44 Brattle Street
Entity Address, City or Town	Cambridge
Entity Address, State or Province	MA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	02138
City Area Code	617
Local Phone Number	855-6333
Amendment Description	Athlon Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Amendment No. 1”) to amend its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 3, 2022 (the “Original Filing”) solely for the purpose of amending and restating the Section 302 certifications set forth in Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 of the Original Filing, to include the introductory language in paragraph 4 referring to internal control over financial reporting and paragraph 4(b) language referring to internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have provided new certifications dated as of the date of this filing in connection with this Amendment No. 1 (Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2). Except as described above, no other information included in the Original Filing is being amended or updated by this Amendment No. 1 and, other than as described herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Original Filing and, except as expressly contained herein, the Company has not updated, modified or supplemented the disclosures contained in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and with the Company’s filings with the SEC subsequent to the Original Filing.
Class A Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	SWET
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		27,600,000
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		6,900,000
Units
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	SWETU
Title of 12(b) Security	Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Redeemable warrants
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	SWETW
Title of 12(b) Security	Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ

Athlon Acquisition Corp. 10-Q/A