Rather than a single origin, the name Pallas is borne by several distinct personages in Greek myth and by an epithet of Athena. Attested figures enumerated in the sources include: Pallas, a daughter of Triton (a nymph); Pallas the Giant, a son of Uranus and Gaia who is described as killed and flayed by Athena; Pallas, son of Evander (appearing as a prominent character in the Aeneid); Pallas, son of Lycaon, described as a teacher of Athena; Pallas, son of Pandion, father of the fifty Pallantides; and Pallas the Titan, son of Crius and Eurybia, brother of Astraeus and Perses and husband of Styx. These entries show the name functioning as a recurring appellation attached to separate genealogical roles rather than indicating a single unified supernatural origin (Source: Pallas (mythology) disambiguation).
No single, consistent iconography or physical description applies to 'Pallas' across the sources; each named figure would follow its own individual tradition. The provided material does not supply unified descriptive detail. One attestable mythic detail is that Pallas the Giant possessed a corporeal body that was slain and flayed by Athena, but beyond that the excerpts list roles and genealogies without sustained physical descriptions (Source: Pallas (mythology)).
The sources do not ascribe a coherent or shared set of supernatural powers to a unitary entity named Pallas. Individual bearers of the name are defined by genealogical and narrative roles rather than enumerated magical abilities. Where 'Pallas' appears as an epithet of Athena, it is therefore associated by naming with the domains commonly linked to Athena (wisdom, warfare, crafts) through epithet usage, but the provided excerpts do not elaborate specific powers or behaviors attached directly to the name itself. One Pallas is recorded only in relation to his death at Athena's hands (Source: Pallas (mythology)).
Agreus
Agreus (also spelled Argeus) is attested in modern compilations as one of the Pans — a class of rustic, pan-like rural deities in classical Greek mythology. In modern database records he is additionally listed as a son of Apollo; beyond classificatory notes, surviving citations provide no detailed cultic or narrative material for him.
Alkyonides
In classical Greek mythology the Alkyonides (Alcyonides) are the seven daughters of the giant Alcyoneus. Classical summaries record that, in grief at their father's death, the daughters threw themselves into the sea; the mythic name survives in modern Greek toponymy as the Alkyonides Gulf.
Alseid
An Alseid (Ancient Greek: Ἀλσηΐδες, Alsēïdes) is a class of nymph in classical Greek mythology specifically associated with groves and glens. The term functions as a locality-category within the broader Greek taxonomy of nymphs; later modern sources reuse the label for varied fantasy and game creations.
Amphinome
Amphinome is an ancient Greek proper name attested for multiple distinct female figures in myth — chiefly a Nereid (sea-nymph) and several mortal women (including a wife of Aeson and one of the Peliades). The name is also reused in modern taxonomic and creative contexts (annelid genus, butterfly species, and contemporary fantasy), but these are later reuses rather than continuations of a single mythic being.
Androgeos
Androgeos (Greek Ἀνδρόγεως, Latin Androgeus) is a personal name borne by mortal figures in classical Greek and Roman literary tradition, most notably a son of Minos and Pasiphaë whose death in mythic narratives precipitates Athenian tribute to Crete. A separate, less-detailed bearer of the name is listed as a Greek soldier present at the sack of Troy in some sources.
Arge
Arge (Ancient Greek: Ἄργη, Árgē) is a name applied to several distinct female personages in Greek mythic traditions — a boastful huntress transformed by a god, one of the Hyperborean maidens honored at Delos, and a Cretan nymph attested in a rare variant of Dionysus’ birth. The name functions as an individuated personal name across local narratives rather than as a coherent supernatural taxon.
Butes
Boutes (Ancient Greek: Βούτης, Boútēs, literally 'herdsman') is a personal name applied to several distinct figures in Greek mythology — mortal princes, Argonauts, warriors, and local cult-heroes — rather than a single supernatural species. Bearers of the name appear across multiple heroic cycles and locales, notably an Athenian priest-hero, an Argonaut rescued by Aphrodite, and a Thracian punished by Dionysus.
Cilix
Cilix is a figure from Greek myth presented as a Phoenician prince and eponymous founder whose settlement in Asia Minor explains the place-name Cilicia. In modern usage the name is also applied to a genus of insects and to an impact structure on Jupiter's moon Europa, but those are scientific reuses of the name.
Cleite (Clite / Κλείτη)
Cleite (Ancient Greek: Κλείτη) is a personal name borne by several mortal women in Greek myth rather than a single supernatural class. Figures called Cleite appear in different epic cycles—Argonautica, the Danaid traditions, the Trojan cycle, and Nonnus' Dionysiaca—typically as wives, mourners, maenads, or mothers whose narrative fates include grief, filial ties, and in one tradition metamorphosis into a spring.
Eileithyia
Eileithyia is a Greek divine figure principally associated with childbirth and midwifery. Invoked to ease labour pains and ensure successful delivery, she appears in classical poetry, mythic episodes, and in long-lived local cults (notably cave-sanctuaries in Crete and sanctuaries in Aigion and other locales).
Lacedaemon
Lacedaemon (Lakedaimon, Lacaedemon) is a mythic eponymous king in classical Greek tradition: the legendary founder whose name is given to the region and polis of Lacedaemon/Sparta. He is presented genealogically as a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Taygete and as husband of Sparta, serving an etiological function linking the city to divine ancestry.
Manto (daughter of Teiresias)
Manto is a named figure in classical mythological lists identified in the supplied sources as a daughter of the seer Teiresias. The provided materials record her genealogical identity but do not supply narratives, descriptions, or ritual material concerning her.
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- [2]2 Pallas. Wikipedia, '2 Pallas' (asteroid) — 'Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the third-largest asteroid... the second asteroid to have been discovered... likely a remnant protoplanet.'wiki
- [3]Wikidata: Pallas (genus). Wikidata entry identifying 'Pallas' as a biological genus name (moth genus referenced in research notes).other
- [4]The Iliad, Book V (reference context for Athena/Pallas usage). Homer, Iliad V (provided in research notes as a literary context referencing Athena/Pallas epithets).literary
- [5]Archive and other modern usages (listed in research notes). Archive items and modern uses of the name 'Pallas' cited in the research notes as examples of later cultural application.other