athena

Noun
Synonyms: AthenaAthenePallasPallas AthenaPallas Athene

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman MinervaSynonyms: AthenaAthenePallasPallas AthenaPallas Athene
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pallas \Pal"las\ (p[a^]l"las), prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Palla`s, Palla`dos.] (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. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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)

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