- Pallas – Mythopedia
Pallas was a son of the Titan Crius and his wife Eurybia and was often numbered among the Titans himself He married Styx, an Oceanid associated with the Underworld, with whom he fathered Zelos, Nike, Kratos, and Bia
- Evander – Mythopedia
Evander, son of Hermes, was a wise Arcadian who fled his homeland and immigrated to Italy There he built the city of Pallantium on the site that would eventually become Rome When the hero Aeneas later arrived in Italy, Evander supported him in his war against Turnus; but this support cost Evander the life of his son Pallas, who was killed in battle
- Iliad: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Acts of Diomed Diomed, assisted by Pallas, performs wonders in this day’s battle Pandarus wounds him with an arrow, but the goddess cures him, enables him to discern gods from mortals, and prohibits him from contending with any of the former, excepting Venus AEneas joins Pandarus to oppose him; Pandarus is killed, and AEneas in great danger but for the assistance of Venus; who
- Styx – Mythopedia
Styx was the eldest of the Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and the goddess who gave her name to one of the rivers of the Underworld She married the Titan Pallas and had several children with him
- Homeric Hymns: 28. To Athena (Full Text) - Mythopedia
TO ATHENA (1–18) I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the
- Titans – Mythopedia
The Titans were twelve powerful deities, born from the union of the primordial gods Uranus and Gaia Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, overthrew Uranus to become ruler of the cosmos, though he was ultimately overthrown by his own son Zeus
- Giants – Mythopedia
The Giants were large and monstrous creatures born to Gaia, the primordial embodiment of the earth They tried to overthrow Zeus and the other Olympian gods in a great war known as the Gigantomachy, but were ultimately defeated
- Athena – Mythopedia
Athena and Pallas The story of how Athena acquired the additional name Pallas was already lost to history in ancient times; the Greeks did, however, devise myths to explain Athena’s double name There were several versions of this aetiological (i e , explanatory) myth In one version, Pallas was a close childhood friend of Athena
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