#palladium of pallas athena

[cynthiav06]

I have been living with this headcanon/brainrot about Athena (both from Epic the Musical and pjo) for a long while and a warning for the faint of heart, you know what read it anyway cause it haunts me , so everyone else has to be haunted by it too, cause I am petty like that.

Most people might be aware of the myth that Athena sprung from Zeus's head fully formed and in battle armor, but a few might not know the preceding myth, so here's a quick recap:

Zeus married the titaness Metis, who was the titaness of wise counsel, wisdom, and planning. She was also Athena's mother. Metis was his advisor, both an indispensable aid and threat to him, given her power and cunning. But it's no Greek mythology without a son overthrowing the father archetype haunting the narrative. There was a similar prophecy about Metis's second child being so powerful that he would overthrow Zeus. Mind you Metis was pregnant with Athena when the following events transpire:

Zeus being Zeus, paranoid and power hungry, the King of the Gods and the God of "Justice" manipulates Metis into playing a shape-shifting game and when Metis turned into a fly , he swallowed her whole. [I know Greek patriarchs have a thing for eating their children or spouses pregnant with said children. Runs in the family, apparently]

Mind you in Greek myths, swallowed children, or in this case, swallowed wife pregnant with said child stay alive for a good amount of time even inside someone else's organs. So Metis gives birth to Athena inside Zeus's head and raises her there. She teaches her warfare and strategy until Metis herself eventually dies, i.e., her essence fades. Knowing what she must do to not meet the same fate, Athena hammers on Zeus's skull from the inside to escape. Everyone knows the rest of the myth.

But imagine Athena's first lesson being that the man she calls her father is the one who killed her mother and almost killed Athena herself by swallowing Metis so she must do everything in her power to survive and avoid that fate by staying on his good side. To try and fit in this twisted family of immortals, half of who hate her existence and half who are indifferent to him. So she does exactly that.

Think of Athena asking to be a Virgin Goddess from learning of what comes of marriage with gods.

Now, the continuation of Athena's myth is that she goes to Atlantis to train with the sea nymphs. There she makes her first ever friend and someone she comes to dearly love, Pallas. Greek myths being allergic to happy endings, one day when Pallas and Athena are sparring as they do a bit more seriously this time; Zeus being a nosy bastard decides to spy in just when Pallas is about to land a finishing blow on Athena. Thinking she might kill his daughter, he kills Pallas by blasting her with his lightning. Athena, being heartbroken , Zeus gave her Aegis as an apology. The continuation of this is that Athena adopts the namesake Pallas Athena and even carves a statue in likeness of her friend called Palladium and then more.

But think of Athena heartbroken and bitter as the Goddess of Wisdom learns her second lesson, then she must abandon all personal relations and sentiment before her father ends it for her in one way or another. For Pallas was the first true relation in her life after her mother.

Keep in mind that Pallas is Poseidon's granddaughter through his firstborn son and heir Triton. This is the point that sparks eternal enmity between Athena and Poseidon, and all those who come after will suffer in the wake of this tragedy.

So Athena chooses to remain alone and without a friend to avoid such a situation. Imagine Athena being hurt, especially brutally, when Odysseus says: "Since you claim you are so much wiser, why's your life spent all alone? You're alone!"

Because that's exactly it. Athena is wise. She knows the consequence of endearing herself to someone again so she stays alone to avoid such a thing and yet coming from someone who is so close to being her first friend in a long time, hurt and enraged she leaves.

Now, when finally Athena comes to terms with her friendship with Odysseus she finds yet again that her father Zeus struck him and his crew in a similar fashion to Pallas , yet again ripping her only friend away from her .

He is not dead yet, and Athena isn't about to let that happen. This time, she fights against Zeus, risks her life and position of being the favorite, and her survival method all because she can't bear to see Odysseus die.

Think of the agonizing fate of Athena, repeatedly being traumatized by her father yet having to do his bidding and stay on his good side to survive and live not for herself for she lives in misery but for the people who suffered for died for their association with her. In her eyes, she must suffer tenfold for letting this happen thrice, for all eternity under the man who so wretchedly ruined her life.

[littlesparklight]

Aside from the Lake Tritonis in Libya, there were actually several rivers called Triton - and one, specifically, was near Alalkomenae, which aside from being one of Athena's epithets, was one of the places she was said to have been born.

It's rather most likely that "Pallas, daughter of Triton" was a daughter of this river god, not Triton the son of Poseidon.

Theoi does list her as a daughter of the Triton that is son of Poseidon. But aside from the citing being somewhat weird for referencing the Bibliotheke (it doesn't at all match any text in that location), the actual location that mentions Pallas (3.12.3, as it's told in connection to the Palladium) has a footnote which says this:

217. Apparently the god of the river Triton, which was commonly supposed to be in Libya, though some people identified it with a small stream in Boeotia. See Hdt. 4.180; Paus. 9.33.7; Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 519; compare Scholiast on Ap. Rhod., Argon. i.109.

[spriteofmushrooms]

i saw that "baby pallas cat" thing you reblogged and was so confused for a second about how you turned into both a baby and a cat because you are the only association i have with the word pallas 😭

But I AM baby and I am only a very small, confused ball of fluff! Did I never mention??

I'm named after the spear maiden Pallas. She and Athena were childhood friends, but Athena accidentally killed her during a spar. In her grief, she took the epithet Pallas Athena.

The palladium was a statue of Athena that was said to have stood in her temple on the Trojan Acropolis. Athena was said to have carved the statue herself in the likeness of her dead friend Pallas.

Imagine being loved so much that a god wants everyone to see her in your image.

Anyway, this is why I'm obsessed with Jiang Cheng dual wielding Sandu and Suibian.

[periodictabletournament]

I want to add some promotion for my favourite element, Palladium! Despite being in the fifth period, this special snowflake of an element has only four shells, thanks to its electron configuration somehow not occupying the fifth shell!

Also, it is named after the asteroid Pallas, which is named after Pallas Athena.

Cool! That's so weird that it only takes 4 shells! I only kinda recall how that stuff works but I know the transition metals are backfilling lower shells, but weird that the outer ones drop down too

[phuongdg]

PD là gì? Tổng hợp nghĩa “PD” trong các lĩnh vực

Nếu như bạn thường xuyên xem các chương trình giải trí chắc hẳn không còn xa lạ gì với khái niệm PD. Vậy thực chất PD là gì? Vì sao PD lại “hot” đến vậy? Hãy cùng với chúng tôi tìm hiểu chi tiết về thuật ngữ này nhé!

PD là gì?

PD là gì theo nghĩa phổ thông? Theo nghĩa phổ thông và được ứng dụng rộng rãi nhất thì PD được dùng để chỉ một nghề trong lĩnh vực truyền hình. PD chính là viết tắt của cụm từ tiếng Anh “Project Director” hay “Producer” có ý nghĩa là “Giám đốc chương trình” hay “nhà sản xuất”. Tức là người sẽ chịu trách nhiệm sản xuất cũng như phát sóng một chương trình bất kỳ nào đó tại đài truyền hình mà mình đang làm việc. 

PD - Giám đốc chương trình hay nhà sản xuất PD trong truyền hình là gì? Trong lĩnh vực truyền hình thì PD được nhắc tới với vai trò là một người quản lý cả về nhân lực, kinh phí của một dự án. Đồng thời, PD còn có trách nhiệm trong việc lên ý tưởng, đề xuất các hoạt động trong chương trình dự án của mình, thực hiện chỉ đạo, điều hướng công việc của toàn bộ ekip thực hiện. Chính vì vậy mà họ sẽ là người có quyền đưa ra quyết định cao nhất của toàn bộ ekip cũng như là người sẽ gánh trách nhiệm lớn nhất về sự thành công hay thất bại của dự án đó. PD là gì trong các lĩnh vực khác? Khái niệm PD còn tồn tại trong nhiều lĩnh vực khác nhau. Cụ thể như sau: Ngành sản xuất phần mềm  PD có thể được gọi là “Quản lý dự án” hay “Project Manager”. Họ đóng vai trò quan trọng trong việc quản lý tiến độ, ngân sách cũng như chất lượng sản phẩm. Ngành sản xuất đồ gia dụng PD có thể được gọi là “Nhà thiết kế sản phẩm” hay “Product Designer”. Họ đóng vai trò quan trọng trong việc thiết kế, phát triển cũng như sản xuất sản phẩm mới.

PD - nhà thiết kế sản phẩm Ngành sản xuất ô tô PD có thể được gọi là “Kỹ sư chịu trách nhiệm sản phẩm” hay “Product Responsible Engineer”, viết tắt là PRE. Họ là người đóng vai trò quan trọng trong việc quản lý tiến độ, ngân sách cũng như chất lượng của sản phẩm. Pd là một nguyên tố hoá học PD là chất gì? Nếu như xét trên góc độ học thuật thì PD chính là từ viết tắt của một nguyên tố hoá học có tên là “Paladi”. Nó được biết đến là một kim loại vô cùng quý hiếm với màu trắng bạc và độ bóng ấn tượng. Vào năm 1803 thì William Hyde Wollaston đã phát hiện ra loại kim loại này và đặt tên cho nó là palladium. Cái tên này dựa theo tên gọi của tiểu hành tinh Pallas - tên tượng trưng của nữ thần Athena. Paladi có khả năng chống xỉn màu tốt, chịu nhiệt cao cùng khả năng chống ăn mòn và dẫn điện cực tốt.

Pd - nguyên tố hóa học PD là trụ sở cảnh sát Nếu như xét PD trong “ngành” thì đây chính là từ viết tắt của từ “Police Department”,  có nghĩa “trụ sở cảnh sát”. Đây chính là cơ quan, nơi làm việc của công an với trách nhiệm chính là xử lý các vấn đề liên quan tới trật tự xã hội hay các vấn đề giấy tờ về nhân thân, dân sự khác… 

Tại sao nghề PD lại “hot” đến vậy?

Không chỉ trong các chương trình giải trí hay thông qua một số bộ phim, đặc biệt là phim Hàn Quốc thì bạn cũng sẽ thấy được vị trí PD tại quốc gia này “hot” và được nhiều người hướng đến như thế nào. Có rất nhiều nguyên nhân tạo nên độ “hot” cũng như điều khiến cho nhiều người cố gắng để trở thành PD. Là người đứng đầu của một dự án Trong các đài truyền hình sẽ có rất nhiều chương trình được thực hiện. Và mỗi một chương trình đều sẽ cần có một chủ xị riêng, đặc biệt là các dự án chương trình mang tính giải trí cao. Và lúc này PD chính là người quyền lực nhất khi nắm trong tay mọi quyền quyết định về các yếu tố của dự án mà mình đang phụ trách. Khi đã là người đứng đầu thì PD còn sẽ có rất nhiều cơ hội để phát triển khác, nhất là khi dự án chương trình đó cực kỳ tiềm năng, được rất nhiều người yêu thích qua các mùa phát sóng trước.

PD - người đứng đầu dự án Được quyền tuyển chọn diễn viên Việc ai là người tham gia vào dự án phim hay là các chương trình giải trí đều sẽ nằm trong quyết định của PD. Bởi PD là người nắm quyền toàn bộ về quá trình triển khai cũng như phát sóng nên mỗi một người tham gia dự án đều cần phải có sự chọn lựa kỹ càng. Đây cũng chính là vì sao mà các nghệ sĩ thường rất tôn trọng các PD.  Cơ hội hợp tác với người nổi tiếng Bởi vì là một PD nên các chương trình của họ hầu hết đều sẽ có sự tham gia của những người nổi tiếng. Vì vậy đây sẽ là cơ hội để cho các PD hợp tác với các ngôi sao trong nước cũng như quốc tế. Đặc biệt là với PD có nhiều kinh nghiệm và sở hữu các chương trình, dự án “ăn khách”.

PD - được làm việc với người nổi tiếng Mức thu nhập cao Thường thì một PD truyền hình sẽ mức lương khá cao. Đặc biệt khi bạn đã là một PD tài năng, kinh nghiệm, có được nhiều dự án nổi bật và thu hút được sự đầu tư của các thương hiệu. Khi đó thì mức thu nhập của bạn cũng sẽ được nâng cao hơn rất nhiều. Tuy nhiên, để có thể trở thành một PD chính thức và có mức thu nhập cao như vậy thì bạn cần phải trải qua quá trình học tập, rèn luyện cũng như tích lũy kinh nghiệm cho mình. Thường thì PD được biết đến là một nghề trong lĩnh vực truyền hình, được nhiều bạn trẻ yêu thích. Nếu bạn muốn trở thành một PD chuyên nghiệp thì hãy cố gắng kiên trì và theo đuổi đến cùng nhé! Có thể bạn quan tâm: Otp Ship là gì? Ý nghĩa của otp trong kpop và những lĩnh vực khác Hối phiếu(Draft) là gì? Tìm hiểu ý nghĩa của draft trong từng lĩnh vực Bài viết này đã giúp bạn trả lời chi tiết PD là gì và những thông tin liên quan đến PD, cảm ơn bạn đã đọc bài nếu hay hãy ủng hộ muahangdambao nhé! Read the full article

[hazelplaysgames]

Palladion, more commonly referred to as Palladium, is found in Grecian mythology. it's not a person, it's actually more like a wooden statue. it was said that the safety of the city it was in, Troy, and later, Rome, depended on its presence. it was crafted by Athena to represent her brother, Pallas, after he fell to her in a friendly sparring match. how precisely it represents him, i'm finding some conflict in: it's either him directly, or Athena in a way that looks like Pallas. i like the former more. i'm actually not sure if it was a real thing at any point, or if there were just duplicates made inspired by this.

Athena is a Grecian Goddess of wisdom and war, born from Zeus forehead fully armored after he ate Metis, Athena's mother. Athena is also the patron and protector of various cities, most prominently, Athens. she shows up in many stories, including the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Heracles twelve labors. those are some the big ones, she shows up in many more. on a side note, Metis is a familiar name for those who have seen FES content.

[panthera-tigris-venenata]

Chemistry be like:

Tantalum is named after the famed Greek king of the past, because it's just as impassive as the cruel ruler :)

And here you have Niobium, named after Tantalos's daughter, because the elements are really similar :)

And Palladium, named after a recently discovered minor planet, which was itself named after Pallas Athena! Isn't it neat?

And then you have:

Hydrogen, which is greek for "that thing that makes water"

Nitrogen, french for "that thing that makes potassium nitrate"

Oxygen, greek for "that thing that makes acids"

[mercerspoems]

Celestial Classics: Vesta

Celestial Classics: Vesta - Find out a little about the second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, and the Virgin Goddess of Hearth and Home behind it.

Vesta, the space-rock not the Goddess, although given how little she is represented as a woman she could easily be a space-rock. This large asteroid (sometimes designated a ‘minor planet’) is the second largest in the Asteroid Belt. This photo was taken by NASA’s Dawn probe.(Credit: NASA) Vesta.No, not what every self-respecting beige-suit wearer from the 70s passed for exotic food, and not a…

[arjuna-vallabha]

The Palladium de Troy, described as a wooden image of the goddess Pallas Athena, artistic recreation with Mycenaean inspiration

[15pantheons]

Periodic Table Elements Named After Mythological Figures:

Thorium - Thor

Tantalum - Tantalus

Helium - Helios

Uranium - Uranus

Neptunium - Neptune

Plutonium - Pluto

Promethium - Prometheus

Niobium - Niobe

Mercury - Mercury

Titanium - The Titans

Vanadium - Vanadis/Freyja

Cadmium - Cadmus

Selenium - Selene

Iridium - Iris

Tellurium - Tellus Mater

Palladium - Pallas Athena

Cerium - Ceres

Europium - Europa

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Guys. I figured out why Athena’s a virgin goddess.

So there’s this myth where Athena was besties with Triton’s daughter, Pallas, right? They grew up together, they fought together—you know, girl stuff. And then during a mock fight Zues was being an ass and distracted Pallas so Athena would win the duel and Pallas was accidentally killed.

And Athena? She was so distraught that she took the name Pallas as an epithet and created a palladium to honor her friend.

Just saying, they were totally a couple.

Athena’s a lesbian.

[verdantlyviolet]

Bathing of Athena in Argos

(according to Callimachus)

Callimachus’ fifth hymn to Athena details the imminent bathing ritual of Athena’s image in Argos, as well as other mythic tales. It is the ritual purification of a xoanon, a wooden statue in the temple of Athena Oxyderkes (sharp-eyed), believed to be the Palladium stolen from Troy causing the city’s downfall.

[…] Athena never washed her mighty arms before removing the dust from her mares’ flanks. Not even when carrying her equipage completely spattered with gore she came from the lawless Earth-born ones, but the very first thing after freeing the necks of her horses from their harness she rinsed off their sweat and grime with the streams of Ocean, and cleaned all the compacted foam from their bit-biting mouths. Oh, come, Achaean women, and neither myrrh nor perfume jars (I hear the sound from under the axle naves), you bath-pourers, bring neither myrrh nor perfume jars for Pallas (for Athena is not fond of mixed ointments), do not even bring her a mirror. Her looks are ever fair.

Callimachus’ narrator describes an Athena who is far more concerned with the wellbeing of her horses after battle than with her own state of cleanliness. A good horsewoman, she would always tend her horses first, and the Argive women are being warned of her arrival.

[…] O Athena, the shield of Diomedes too is being carried, as Eumedes, the high priest most favored by you, taught this custom to the Argives of old. […] Come forth, Athena, City-sacker, golden- helmeted, delighting in the clash of horses and of shields. Today, do not dip your pitchers, water-carriers—today, Argos, drink from the fountains and not from the river. Today, you slave women, carry your pitchers to Physadeia or to Amymone, the daughter of Danaus. For indeed having mingled his waters with gold and blossoms, Inachus will come from the nourishing mountains bringing Athena a bath that is fair. But, Pelasgian, take care lest inadvertently you catch sight of the queen. Whoever sees Pallas naked, the guardian of the city, he will look upon this city of Argos for the last time. […] Athena is now certainly coming. Come, receive the goddess, girls, you to whom the task falls, with salutations, with prayers, with joyous cries. Hail, goddess, have a care for Inachan Argos. Hail, having driven out, and as you drive your mares back again, protect the whole estate of the Danaans.

The details of this ritual can be gleaned from this hymn, and some additional details assumed from particular words used.

Athena’s wooden image and the shield of Diomedes were transported by carriages to the river Inachos to be bathed

Upon arriving at the river, women and girls were to sing hymns to Athena for the protection of their city

It is possible the mares were unhitched and bathed in the waters first, mimicking Athena’s own actions in the story

Athena, always fair, only requires the oil from her sacred tree - olive oil - to cleanse the grime of war from her body, much like male athletes of old. It was not to be perfumed or mixed with other oils. Olive oil would help preserve the wood of the statue for the following year

Only women were permitted to attend - and it seems, as the horses were mares, no male presence was permitted at all

No water for the city could be taken from the Inachos river that day - all water had to be sourced elsewhere, from wells or other rivers

The Palladium may have been clothed in a new peplos this day - so none would see her nakedness upon returning to the city

Source: Callimachus: The Hymns trans. by Susan A Stephens, pg. 233-262

[transgenderer]

okay so in legend troy supposedly contained a small wooden statue of pallas (this is often claimed to be of pallas athena , but also maybe it was a separate goddess, the daughter of triton, which is associated with athena/minerva by the greeks/romans) that fell from the sky, and it was said that as long as the statue was in troy it would be safe from attack (the statue was also called the palladium, (which is confusing, because theres a bunch of stuff called palladium, including the element, which is named after the then-recently-discovered asteroid pallas, which is named after pallas athena), so things said to protect an area as long as they are held there are also called palladia), but it was stolen by diomedes and odysseus, or maybe only an imitation was stolen and thats why they needed the trojan horse, either way resulting in the destruction of troy

anyway somehow it is said to have ended up in rome, either by aeneas (mythological founder of rome) or diomedes, where it was one of the sacred tokens of rome (most of this post is mythology, but there definitely was a physical object in rome considered to be the palladium). but of course rome was sacked, so it must have left rome at some point, and supposedly constantine took it to constaninople, where he buried it under the column of constanine.  but of course constaninople has also been sacked many times over the years, so where could it have been taken? well, even though constaninople got sacked a bunch, it became the capital of the ottoman empire when they took control, so it never really lost power the way troy and rome did, until the ottoman empire lost WWI in 1918, and istanbul was occupied by french, british, and italian troops. the nazis had little trouble occupying paris and rome during WWII, so i figure some british general snapped it up and thats why the blitz failed. the queens probably got it stashed somewhere, she has like, a dozen castles

(in all serious the pignora imperii had to go somewhere, and the base of the column of constanine was never destroyed, so like, somebody should x ray that thing and see if theres any cool relics inside. itd be such a bummer if they just got destroyed during christianization)

[themauvesoul]

Day 23: revenge

thanks again to @oc-growth-and-development for the prompts!!

yall ever look at some greek myth and go fuck this dude in particular? me @ ajax the lesser.  anyways athena is the “i” and pallas is the “you”!

“Athena, ” you say into the flickering and dimming fire.  We sit before it, our shoulders pressed together and our knees overlapped.  It is a night for stories.  Our camp tonight is in a wide, open field, and the stars themselves have been erased by the cloud-laden nighttime sky.  “Every time you speak of the time I was dead, you only speak of the terrible things you did. Is—” you hesitate.  “Is there anything you do not regret?”

“...One thing, I think.  It is still terrible, though.”  I am who I am, and great gods do many terrible things.  This one, though.  I have never thought of it as anything other than justice.

“Tell it to me anyway.”  You ask, softly, and lay your head upon my shoulder.  

“There was this man,” I say, after I have thought on how to tell this story.  “Ajax the Lesser.  Gods, I hated him.  He was… he was arrogant.  Cruel. The kind of man who is stupid enough to take what he pleases, and just clever enough to escape any consequence. We fought at Troy together.  Well, he was Greek, and I fought with the Greeks. When the city fell, it was chaos.  Everyone was looking for sanctuary.  This priestess, Cassandra, she—he found her clinging to a statue that is very sacred to me.”

“What statue?”  I blush, deeply.  In the whole of my entire immortal life, I never once thought I would find myself here, explaining your own posthumous memorial to you.  There is something deeply embarrassing in it, in the raw excess of emotion that drove me to create a statue in your honor.

“Oh, it is—” I clear my throat.  “It is called the Palladium.”

“You named a statue for me?”  Your head lifts from my shoulder.  I can hardly bring myself to look at you, and the teasing grin smeared across your face.

“Yes, I did.  It is my most sacred relic.  Any woman who seeks sanctuary at its feet is granted my absolute protection.”  The way I should have protected you.  The words drift into the darkness, and into the silence that settles between us.  

 You bury your face in your hands.  Neither of us are used to affection, after being starved of it so long.  Every time we speak of the thing that lies between us, it is as though the both of us are struck dumb.  “Tell me the rest of the story.  Please.” The words are quiet and soft, when you finally say them.  There is a certain distance between us now; our shoulders hardly brush, and you have pulled your knee from where it once overlapped with mine, and tucked it to your chest.

“...Right.  Ajax the Lesser raped her there, at the foot of my—your statue.  And no one fucking noticed.  So I went to Calchas, the seer, and I told him that if the Greeks did not kill Ajax the Lesser before they set out on the journey home, I would not let any of them attempt the journey unscathed.”

“And did they?  Kill him?”  There is something vicious in your voice; my own ferocity sings at the sound of it.  

“No.  I said he had some cleverness, did I not?  He hid in another god’s altar.  No one wanted to desecrate yet another sacred place.  And so, they let him live.  I swear, I have never been so angry.  I went to my father, and spent days persuading him to send a terrible storm after the fleet. I cannot bring myself to regret it. But the Fates are cruel, hateful creatures, and his ship weathered it.  So I stole my father’s lightning bolts, and sent another.  

It caught him near the Capharean Rocks, and wrecked his ship.  But that was not enough.  He had already escaped my wrath once.  I dug through the shredded timbers until I found him, clinging to a rock, bragging of how he would survive this and defy the gods.  In that moment, I was not the sort of god one defies.  I bound a lightning bolt to my spear, and impaled him upon it.  He died too fast, and when his body was done twitching, I threw it in the water.  I heard that Thetis buried him, though I cannot hope to understand why she did such a thing.”

“I can see why you do not regret killing him,” you say, and curl yourself against me.  We fit together like clasped hands, like old lovers; your head against my chest and your legs tangled with mine.  Carefully, I reach a hand up, and stroke it through your hair.  

“And why is that?”  I press a kiss to the top of your head, and then rest my chin there.

“He was a cruel man who did something unforgivable. If I had killed this Ajax the Lesser, I would not regret it either.”

[salomi]

Statue of Diomedes

Roman copy from the 2nd-3rd century CE after a Greek original of the 5th century.

This statue represents Diomedes stealing the Palladium. The Palladion, an effigy of Pallas Athena, was a protective talisman for Troy, housed in a magnificent temple located in the Troy’s citadel.

The importance of the Palladium to Troy’s fate was revealed to the Greeks by Helenus, the prophetic son of Priam. The Greeks learned from him, that Troy would not fall while the Palladium remained within Troy's walls. Diomedes and Odysseus made their way to the citadel in Troy by a secret passage and carried it off.

Diomedes is sometimes regarded as the hero who physically stole the Palladium, and carried it away to the ships.

(Louvre Museum.)

[effulgentpoet]

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PALLAS

In Greek mythology, Pallas (not to be confused with the Titan Pallas) was the daughter of Triton, son of Poseidon and messenger of the seas. After Athena was born from Zeus' forehead, Triton, acting as a foster parent to the goddess, raised her alongside his own daughter, Pallas. The sea god taught both girls the arts of war. During an athletics festival, Pallas and Athena fought with spears in a friendly mock battle in which the victor would be whoever managed to disarm her opponent. At the beginning of the fight, Athena got the upper hand, until Pallas took over. Before she could win, Zeus, who was in attendance, fearing to see his own daughter lose, distracted Pallas with the Aegis, which she had once shown interest in. Pallas, stunned in awe, stood still as Athena, expecting her to dodge, impaled Pallas, accidentally. Out of grief, Athena created the palladium, a statue in the likeness of Pallas, and wrapped the aegis, which she had feared, about it, and set it up beside Zeus and honored it. Later, Athena took on the title Pallas as tribute to her late friend. This story about Athena and Pallas inspired a yearly festival in Libya dedicated to the goddess.