PALLAS TRITON (mythical Greek deity)
Power of the sea · mythical Greek deity, daughter of Triton
She practiced the arts of war alongside Athena, and the two had a falling out during their training.2 Looking up in that instant of terror, she fell wounded by Athena.2
Beyond the battlefield, she granted profound wisdom to the seer Nautes, enabling him to interpret celestial warning signs and reveal the fixed decrees of Fate.3 She also taught the builder how to measure timbers with a rule and created a purple mantle that later adorned the builder of the vessel.4 Her influence extended to the heavens, where her star indicated a fatal storm that swept near Caphereus and Euboea.5
The people of Scyros celebrated a festival in her honor, while the Athenians held her in high reverence.6,1 Pallas is worshipped in Argive Larissa, a site preferred over the Munychian hills, and she is venerated in the holy town of Pallas where Orestes will go.7,8 Daughters of Iasus offered virgin tresses at her shrine, praying for pardon regarding their first marriage bed.8
Her presence was felt in ritual, where her spear served as an object of offering and an olive branch associated with her was carried by Mopsus.9,1 She clung to Aeneas’s side during a night voyage, and a rock bearing her name still overlooks the Troezenian country.10,11 Though she once offered gifts of prudence and valour to win favor, she was also known to blush with amazement at the bold military preparations of the Thracians.12,13
The codex facts behind this entry
Pallas is a deity associated with the Tritonian region and the guardian of the shore of Scyros. Aeneid 5.604 part 3 +1
