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Παλλάς

pallas

Pallas

Appears 54 times across Homer's epics.

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Παλλάς, άδος, ἡ, A. Pallas, epith. of Athena, Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη Il. 1.200, etc.; later used alone, = Ἀθήνη, B. 5.92, Hdt. 5.77, IG 12.573, etc. 2. coin bearing the head of Pallas, Eub. 6 (pl.). II. maiden-priestess, Str. 17.1.46, Eust. 1742.37. III. Pythag. name for five, Theol.Ar. 32. (Commonly deriv. from πάλλω, either as Brandisher of the spear, or παρὰ τὸ ἀναπεπάλθαι ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ Διός, etc., Pl. Cra. 407a, EM 649.52, cf. Eust. 84.43, but prob. orig. virgin, maiden, cf. sq. and v. παλλακή fin., πάλλαξ.)
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