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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Pallas; Athena
Meaning
Pallas is the battle-rousing maiden in Prayer.38 and Zeus’s sole-born offspring at XXXII.1. The name refers to Athena in these contexts, linking martial action with the filial designation that opens her hymn. It should not be explained merely from the similar-looking verb πάλλω.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 38Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Παλλάδα; Παλλὰς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.38; XXXII.1