Parthenos

[ pahr-then-uhs, pahr-thuh-nos ]

noun

1. an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”

Parthenos

/ ˈpɑːθɪˌnɒs /

noun

1. an epithet meaning "Virgin", applied by the Greeks to several goddesses, esp Athena

Example Sentences

Parthenos (Par′thenos) was a name of Juno, and also of Minerva.

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This plant may have had its name from the virgin (parthenos) goddess Athene, whom the Romans call Minerva.

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Its official title was, so far as is known, never Parthenos.

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Farnell1173 says that the first sense of parthenos was not "virgin," but unmarried.

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The principal chamber (cella) within the colonnade contained the colossal statue of Athen Parthenos (see below, Nos. 300-302).

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