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Definition of Pallas athena
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva.
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallas Athena
Literary usage of Pallas athena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"pallas athena. 1 368. The character of pallas athena, which is difficult to
ascertain completely, has its central point especially in this, ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"Pallas, another name for Athena, sometimes used by itself, but oftener in
conjunction with the elder name, ie, pallas athena. Can tyrants but by tyrants ..."
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