- This article is about the Titan son of Crius and Eurybia. For Athena's best friend, see Pallas (daughter of Triton).
- This article is about the Titan son of Crius and Eurybia. For the son of Pandion II, see Pallas (son of Pandion).
In Greek mythology, Pallas (Ancient Greek: Πάλλας) was, according to Hesiod, the name of a son of the Titan Crius and Eurybia, and the brother of Astraeus and Perses. His wife was Styx and he was the father of Nike, Bia, Cratus and Zelus. [1]
He is considered to be the Titan god of Warcraft and the springtime campaign season.[2] He fought on the side of the Titans in the Titanomachy and was cast, alongside his comrades, into Tartarus by the Olympians.
Family[]
Pallas was not mentioned a lot in mythology. and his name was often used to reference him as the parents of his more famous children.
The Homeric Hymn "To Hermes" makes the moon goddess Selene (usually the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia), the daughter of a Pallas, son of (an otherwise unknown) Megamedes, which is possibly the same as this Pallas.[3]
In Roman accounts, Ovid uses the patronymic "Pallantias" or "Pallantis" as another name for Aurora, the Roman equivalent of the Greek Eos ("Dawn"), who was the sister of Selene; Ovid apparently regarding Aurora (or Eos) as the daughter of (or otherwise related to) Pallas.[4] Valerius Flaccus also uses this epithet for Aurora in his Argonautica.[5] Hyginus says that Pallas, whom he calls "the giant" (probably conflating the Titan with the giant of the same name), also fathered with Styx: Scylla, Fontus ("Fountains") and Lacus ("Lakes")[6]
Mythology[]
Pallas was defeated by Zeus, but his wife and his children pledged allegiance to the king of the gods.
Pallas Athena[]
A statue of Pallas Athena.
The name Pallas can also refer to a giant who was killed by Athena during the Gigantomachy, resulting in her adoption of the epithet "Pallas Athena". Hyginus' conflation of Pallas the Giant suggests that Athena flayed the Titan as well to explain the epithet.
The Suda in discussing Athena's epithet "Pallas" suggests a possible derivation "from brandishing (pallein) the spear".[7]
Pellene, Achaea[]
The geographer Pausanias reports that Pellene, a city in Achaea, was claimed by its inhabitants to be named after the Titan Pallas, while the Argives claimed it was named for the Argive Pellen, the son of Phorbas, the son of Triopas.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Hard, p. 49; Hesiod. Theogony, 375-383; Apollodorus, 1.2.2, 1.2.4. Compare with Pausanias, 8.18.1–2.
- ↑ Daly, p. 109.
- ↑ Hymn to Hermes (4), 99 f.; Hard, p. 46; Vergados, p. 313
- ↑ Ovid, Fasti, 4.373, Metamorphoses 9.418, 15.191, 700; Frazer, p. 292; Keightley, p. 62; Vergados, p. 313; York, p. 39; Smith, "Pallantias".
- ↑ Valerius Flaccus Argonautica 2.72
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface.
- ↑ Suda s.v. Παλλάς (Pallas).
- ↑ Pausanias, 7.26.12.
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| Titans | |
|---|---|
| Parents | Ouranós • Gaîa |
| Elder Titans | Coeus • Crius • Cronus • Hyperion • Iapetus • Oceanus |
| Elder Titanesses | Phoebe • Mnemosyne • Rhea • Theia • Themis • Tethys |
| Coeonides | Asteria • Leto |
| Crionides | Astraeus • Pallas • Perses |
| Hyperionides | Eos • Hḗlios • Selene |
| Iapetonides | Atlas • Epimetheus • Menoetius • Prometheus |
| Oceanides | Oceanids (Clymene • Metis • Styx • Rhode) • Potamoi |
| Third Generation | Hecate • Astraea • Anemoi • Astra Planeta • Kratos • Nike • Bia • Zelus |
| Miscellaneous Titans | Dione • Anytos • Ophion • Eurynome (wife of Ophion) • Lelantos • Melisseus • Titan (brother of Helios) • Olymbros • Syceus • Titanic Muses |
| Topics | Overthrowing of Ouranós • Titanomachy |