Pallas

Pallada ( dr. Greek Παλλάς ) - in ancient Greek mythology - Athena ’s milk sister, daughter of Triton , granddaughter of the Titan Ocean , accidentally killed by Athena as a child. According to one legend, her name was the source of the epithet of Athena Pallas.

Roman copy of the Greek statue ( Pallas Giustiniani )

According to other interpretations, the epithet is from the expression palleyne to dori (“throw a spear”) or from the island of Pallena ^[1] ; or from the beating ( pallain ) of the heart of the older Dionysus , which she stole ^[2] .

It is also used as a designation of the goddess Athena ^[3] . The Pallas grove was among the feacs ^[4] .

The image in the image of the Pallas is an image in armament. In the name of Pallas, the word “ palladium ” (a wooden image of a goddess with a miraculous effect) occurred. The city that owned palladium was considered under the auspices of the goddess. About palladium stored in Troy , there was a legend telling that he had fallen from heaven. The descendants of Aeneas brought him to Rome , and since then the palladium was kept in the temple of Vesta .

Pallas asteroid is named after Pallas .