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The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze.Athena's name probably comes from the name of the city of Athens. [4] [5]Athena is associated with the city of Athens. [4] [6] The name of the city in ancient Greek is Ἀθῆναι (Athȇnai), a plural toponym, designating the place where—according to myth—she presided over the Athenai, a sisterhood devoted to her worship. [5]
In Greek mythology, Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Ancient Greek: Πάλλας) was an Arcadian prince and the eponymous founder of the Arcadian town of Pallantion. [1] He was the teacher of Athena , [ 2 ] who, according to local myths, was born in Aliphera .
Pallas (son of Lycaon), a teacher of Athena. [4] Pallas (son of Pandion), the son of Pandion II, king of Athens, and father of the 50 Pallantides. [5] Pallas, the father of Euryalus by Diomede. [6] Pallas (son of Evander), a prominent character in the Aeneid. [7] Pallas Athena, one of the epithets of the goddess Athena.
In Greek mythology, a little owl (Athene noctua) traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom, or Minerva, her syncretic incarnation in Roman mythology. [2] Because of such association, the bird—often referred to as the " owl of Athena " or the " owl of Minerva "—has been used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom ...
After Athena was born fully armed from Zeus' forehead, Triton, son of Poseidon and messenger of the seas, became foster parent to the goddess and raised her alongside his own daughter, Pallas. The sea god taught both girls the arts of war.
The Athena Giustiniani, a Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pallas Athena (Vatican Museums) Engraving from the Galleria Giustiniana, c. 1630–1640 (the first publication of the statue) The Athena Giustiniani or Minerva Giustiniani is a Roman marble statue of Pallas Athena , based on a Greek bronze sculpture of the late 5th–early 4th century BCE.
Athena, Olympian goddess of wisdom, civilization, weaving, and war strategy; Coeus, Titan of the inquisitive mind, his name meaning "query" or "questioning". He is the grandfather of Apollo. Metis, the Titan associated most closely with wisdom and the mother of Athena, whose name in Ancient Greek described a combination of wisdom and cunning ...
Pallas (Greek myth) Pallas Athena or Athena, an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare; Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, a park in Finland; Pallasgreen, a village in County Tipperary, Ireland; Pallastunturi, a group of fells in Finland; Pallas's cat, a species of small wild cat