Definition of Pallas athene

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva.

Exact synonyms: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallas Athene

Palinism
Palinista
Palinistas
Palinuridae
Palinurus
Palio di Siena
Palisades
Paliurus
Paliurus spina-christi
Pall Mall
Palladian
Palladio
Pallas
Pallas's cat
Pallas Athena
Pallas Athene
Pallottine
Palm Beach
Palm Sunday
Palma
Palmaceae
Palmae
Palmales
Palmas
Palmer
Palmer's notation
Palmer Peninsula
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Palmerian
Palmerstonian

Literary usage of Pallas athene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and for honour : yet his life Was short pre-doom'd, and at that very hour pallas athene swifter sped the day, When by Achilles he must needs be slain. ..."

2. Starved Rock by Edgar Lee Masters (1919)
"pallas athene Athene! Virgin! Goddess! Queen! descend, Come to us and befriend. Set up your shrine among us and defend Our realm against corruptions which ..."

3. Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life, the Employments by Levi W. Yaggy, Thomas Louis Haines (1886)
"... up the heights ot heaven, and his flowing robe glistened as he moved like the vesture which the sun-god gave to the wise MINERVA, OB pallas athene. ..."

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