athena
NounUS[uh-thee-nuh]/əˈθinə/3 syllables
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Noun (1)
- (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman MinervaSynonyms: AthenePallasPallas AthenaPallas AtheneInstance of Greek deity
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“athena” is listed under Pallas.
Pal′las (păl′las), prop. n.
Origin: L., fr. Gr. Παλλάς, Παλλάδος.
Gr. Myth. Pallas Athena, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athena, Pallas Athene or Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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Project Athena Athena
<project> A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
(2000-02-24)