Παλλάς

Pallas

Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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[The name of] 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 · Adler’s text

Παλλάς· παρθένος μεγάλη. ἔστι δὲ ἐπίθετον Ἀθηνᾶς· ἀπὸ τοῦ πάλλειν τὸ δόρυ, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνῃρηκέναι Πάλλαντα, ἕνα τῶν Γιγάντων.

Betacode

*palla/s: parqe/nos mega/lh. e)/sti de\ e)pi/qeton *)aqhna=s: a)po\ tou= pa/llein to\ do/ru, h)\ a)po\ tou= a)nh|rhke/nai *pa/llanta, e(/na tw=n *giga/ntwn.

Notes

Same entry in Photius, Lexicon pi99 Theodoridis, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.200 (where the phrase *palla/d' *)aqhnai/hn occurs).
For Pallas cf. pi 49.

Linked from1 entry

π49ΠαλλάντιονPallantion, Pallantium, PalatineAfter establishing the [sc. Roman] constitution Romulus also renovated the royal house, called the Pallantion after Pallas.

Neighbouring entries

π48Παλαμῶνof palms π49ΠαλλάντιονPallantion, Pallantium, Palatine π50ΠαλλάςPallas π51Παλατῖνοιpalatines π52Παλάμῃwith a palm

Revision history7 revisions · last 18 Apr 2021

18 Apr 2021tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
21 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2013expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2011expanded note — David Whitehead
11 May 2011another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2003added note — David Whitehead
31 Mar 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict