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- Also called Pallas Athena. Classical Mythology. Athena(def 1).
- Astronomy. the second largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.
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- Also A·the·ne [uh–thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/. Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.Compare Minerva.
- a female given name.
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- another name for Athena
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- astronomy the second largest asteroid (diameter 520 km), revolving around the sun in a period of 4.62 years
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- Greek myth a virgin goddess of wisdom, practical skills, and prudent warfare. She was born, fully armed, from the head of ZeusAlso called: Pallas Athena, Pallas Roman counterpart: Minerva
Greek goddess of wisdom, skill in the arts, warfare, etc., from Latin Athena, from Greek Athene, perhaps from a name in a lost pre-Hellenic language. Greek goddess’ name, literally “little maiden,” related to pallake “concubine,” and probably somehow connected to Avestan pairika “beautiful women seducing pious men.”
- The second largest asteroid, measuring about 570 km (353 mi) at its greatest diameter, and the second to be discovered, in 1802. See more at asteroid.
The Greek and Roman goddess of wisdom. She had an unusual birth, springing fully grown out of the forehead of her father, Zeus. Athena was one of the goddesses angered by the Judgment of Paris, a Trojan, and she therefore helped the Greeks in the ensuing Trojan War (see also Trojan War). Eventually, she became the protector of Odysseus on his journey home.