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Athena

noun

(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva. Synonyms: Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene.

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... his followers who became the seed of the Romans. Deidamia was the wife of Achilles, who slew herself for grief at his desertion and departure for Troy, which had been brought about by the deceit of Ulysses and Diomed. The Palladium was the statue of Athena, on which the safety of Troy depended, stolen by ...

— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri

... when we first catch sight of it, is entangled with Greek religion. We are accustomed to think of Greek religion as the religion of art and beauty, the religion of which the Olympian Zeus and the Athena Polias are the idols, the poems of Homer the sacred books. Thus Cardinal Newman speaks of "the classical polytheism which was gay and graceful, as was natural in a civilised age." Yet such a view is only a partial one. In it the eye is fixed on the sharp, bright edge of high Hellenic ...

— The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry • Walter Horatio Pater

... felt (so flippant was your mien) a Pain as I mused on Pallas and her fowl, And left the phantom of a faked Athena, A disillusioned Owl. ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 • Various

Words linked to "Athena" : Pallas Athene, Pallas Athena, Pallas, Greek deity, Greek mythology, Athene