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Headword: Παλλάς
Adler number: pi,50
Translated headword: Pallas
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A great virgin. It is an epithet of Athena; from brandishing [pallein] the spear, or from having killed Pallas, one of the Giants.
Greek Original:
Παλλάς: παρθένος μεγάλη. ἔστι δὲ ἐπίθετον Ἀθηνᾶς: ἀπὸ τοῦ πάλλειν τὸ δόρυ, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνῃρηκέναι Πάλλαντα, ἕνα τῶν Γιγάντων.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.200 (where the phrase Παλλάδ' ἀΘηναίην occurs).
For Pallas cf. pi 49.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; mythology; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 13 June 2000@13:13:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 31 March 2001@03:13:01.
David Whitehead (added note) on 31 December 2003@03:19:53.
David Whitehead (another note; another keyword) on 11 May 2011@07:12:43.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 26 August 2011@05:46:16.
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