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Pallas Athene

Pallas \Pal"las\ (p[a^]l"las), prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Palla`s, Palla`dos.] (Gr. Myth.) Pallas Athena, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athena, Pallas Athene or Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.

Pallas Athene

Minerva \Mi*ner"va\, n. [L.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.

Usage examples of "pallas athene".

Get in touch with Pallas Athene and tell her to adjust her schedule.

I kept quiet while making a mental note for a hundred years hence-one that involved Pallas Athene as a flesh-and-blood and getting her into a helpless position.

I kept quiet while,_making a,, mental note for a hundred _,years henc~-one that involved Pallas Athene as a flesh-and~bIood and getting her into a helpless position.

The dreams of Pallas Athene went on for several years until finally, in 2058, their character changed.

In Greek mythology, Venus was the goddess Pallas Athene, unique among the deities in being born during the time of human history and not present, like all the other gods, from the beginning.

The hymn dedicated to her by Homer describes Pallas Athene as being born from the head of Zeus, i.

Our Time Corps mathematicians deal with these matters, but the structural simulations are large even for the new computer complex combining Mycroft Holmes IV with Pallas Athene, and are quite beyond me.

As youths and maidens, garlanded with flowers, danced in his honour the grave elders gathered at the shrine of Pallas Athene.

Hera, Diana and Pallas Athene, all representing the White Goddess in one of her three manifestations were beautiful goddesses.

She reached over and held up the ten of hearts, which sported a holographic illustration of the goddess Pallas Athene.

Anne had taken the jests to heart while still a young girl, obtaining a small statue of Pallas Athene, which she made her mascot and still kept on her desk in Concord.

She raised her pointed chin in defiance, the hoplite helmet pushed to the back of her head giving her the look of a miniature Pallas Athene.