Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Athena.

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  • noun (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek Pallas Athēnē : Pallas, epithet of Athena + Athēnē, Athena.]

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Examples

  • In classical Athens, armed Athena was known as Pallas Athena.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • In classical Athens, armed Athena was known as Pallas Athena.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Lexmark has sought to grow that business with recent acquisitions of Pallas Athena and Perceptive Software, which make tools for managing electronic documents.

    Xerox Profit Rises 28% on Service-Segment Growth Matt Jarzemsky 2011

  • As the revered asteroid goddess Pallas Athena finally moves into your sign, it's time to put that long held dream into action.

    Horoscope for June 2009 2009

  • Some of the restored scenes amplify the theme of omnipresent lust (the empress Ottavia's aged nurse, sung by a tenor, longs to be a hot young thing again) as well as the powerlessness of gods who are not Love: Mercury and Pallas Athena can only tell the philosopher Seneca, who tries to stand up to Nerone, that his death is imminent.

    When the Gods Squabble 2009

  • Theodorus is moved by Sextus 'complaint and is sent to receive instruction at the temple of Pallas Athena where he is shown “the palace of the fates.”

    Leibniz's Modal Metaphysics Look, Brandon C. 2008

  • And their ship was fashioned by Pallas Athena, not such a one as are the ships among the

    The Argonautica 2008

  • One sign that Texas pride is undiminished, notes the State Preservation Board, is that the statue, likely modeled after Pallas Athena, maintains her title of goddess unlike, say, the Statue of Liberty.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • In both Paris and Rouen, the queen of spades represented the Greek goddess Pallas Athena.

    THE HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS 2006

  • Andrea di Pietro della Gondola 1508-1580--better known by the name Palladio, after the Greek goddess of wisdom Pallas Athena--was one of the greatest architects of the High Renaissance.

    Yale Press Log: 2006

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