Pallas Athena
Britishnoun
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It was the first of several dozen articles that bemoaned Green’s lack of acceptance and helped bind his name as closely to the epithet “neglected” as Pallas Athena is to “bright-eyed.”
From The New Yorker
My opposite number, an enormous cadet named Bryan, gave me an appropriate gift: a shot glass engraved with the West Point emblem, the helmet of Pallas Athena.
From The Guardian
Pallas Athena turned like the wind, running ahead of him, and he followed in her footsteps.
From Literature
The instrumental passages associated with each goddess are clearly and sensitively delineated: regal low strings for Juno, sprightlier violins and brasses for Pallas Athena and sensual winds for Venus.
From New York Times
At the fall of Troy he entered the temple of Pallas Athena and seized Cassandra.
From Project Gutenberg
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