Athena

American  

[uh-thee-nuh] / əˈθi nə /

noun

1. Also called Pallas Athena.  Also called Pallas.  Also Athene 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.

2. a first name.

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Athena British  

/ əˈθiːnɪ, əˈθiːnə /

noun

1. Also called: Pallas Athena.   Pallas.  Roman counterpart: Minerva.  Greek myth a virgin goddess of wisdom, practical skills, and prudent warfare. She was born, fully armed, from the head of Zeus

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Athena Cultural  

1. 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.

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Athena was the guardian of the city of Athens (see also Athens), which was named in her honor.

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Example Sentences

Elsewhere in the salon, we find statues of Artemis and Pallas Athena, a relief of Pan, and painted scenes of dancing figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Called Athena, the technology proposes item descriptions, suggests pricing and, crucially for a company that receives millions of goods a year to sell on consignment, helps discern authentic products from fakes.

From The Wall Street Journal

While its flagship GPT model wasn’t mentioned by name, “we believe this will be the main model underlying the Athena engine,” KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Jackson Ader wrote Tuesday in a note.

From Barron's

He needed to walk Athena, a mini Pomsky, and they left their home shortly before 8 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Mokyr’s 2016 book, “A Culture of Growth,” is perhaps his clearest articulation of these ideas, but it’s an older book, “The Gifts of Athena,” that I find myself reaching for much more often.

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