Pallas is a Titan associated with war. His family tree is disputed. Most sources indicate that he was the son of Crius and Eurybia, the brother of Astraeus and Perses, and the husband of Styx. He was the father of Zelus, Nike, Cratos, and Bia [1]. In addition he has been named as the father Scylla, Fontes, and Lacus. [2] Alternatively, he was the son of Megamedes, and father of Selene [3], and is also recorded as the father of Eos. [4]. According to one source, Pallas and Athena were practising with their spears one day when she accidentally killed Pallas. As a sign of her grief and regret, she put his name before her own. Thus, she is often known as Pallas Athena.
Pallas is referenced in the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. In the poem, Poe has the menacing bird perched upon a bust of Pallas as a device to emphasize the grief of the narrator over his loss.
The city Pellene, Achaea was named after Pallas. [5]
References
- ^ Hesiod: Theogony, lines 375-383
- ^ Hyginus
- ^ Homeric Hymn IV To Hermes, line 100
- ^ Ovid, Fasti 4.373
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.26.12
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