Pallas (disambiguation)
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Greco-Roman mythology
- Male (Πάλλας, gen.Genitive caseIn grammar, genitive is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun...
Πάλλαντος)- Pallas (son of Crius)Pallas (son of Crius)Pallas is a Titan, associated with war, killed by Athena in the contest to fight for Zeus . 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, Kratos, and Bia. In addition, he has been named...
, a Titan associated with war - Pallas (son of Pandion)Pallas (son of Pandion)In Greek mythology Pallas was one of the four sons of Pandion II and Pylia. Upon the death of Pandion, Pallas and his brothers took control of Athens from Metion, who had seized the throne from Pandion. They divided the government in four but Aegeas became king...
, the son of Pandion II, king of Athens, and father of the fifty Pallantides - Pallas (son of Evander)Pallas (son of Evander)In Roman mythology, Pallas was the son of King Evander. In Virgil's Aeneid, Evander allows Pallas to fight against the Rutuli with Aeneas, who takes him and treats him like his own son Ascanius. In battle, Pallas proves he is a warrior, killing many Rutulians, and compared to the Rutulian Lausus,...
, the son of Evander, king of Latium - Pallas (son of Lycaon)Pallas (son of Lycaon)In Greek mythology, Pallas was the son of Lycaon and founder of the Arcadian town of Pallantion. He was the teacher of Athena, yet also the father of Chryse, two manifestations of Athena....
, teacher of Athena - Pallas, father of Euryalus by DiomedeDiomedeDiomede is the name of four women in Greek mythology.- Diomede of Lesbos :As written in Homer's Iliad, Diomede was a mistress of Achilles, taken up after the seizure of Briseis by King Agamemnon. Her father was Phorbas of Lesbos.- Diomede the Lapith :Diomede was a Lapith, and daughter of Lapithes...
- Pallas (son of Crius)
- Female (Παλλάς, gen.Genitive caseIn grammar, genitive is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun...
Παλλάδος)- AthenaAthenaIn Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...
, who used the epithet "Pallas Athena" - Pallas (daughter of Triton)Pallas (daughter of Triton)In Greek mythology, Pallas was the daughter of Triton. Acting as a foster parent to Zeus’s daughter Athena, Triton raised her alongside his own daughter. During a friendly fight between the two goddesses, Athena was protected from harm by Zeus but mortally wounded Pallas. Out of sadness and...
- Pallas (Giant)Pallas (Giant)In Greek mythology, Pallas was one of the Gigantes born of the blood which spilled onto Gaia when Cronus castrated her father Uranus. Pallas confronted Athena during the Gigantomachy, where she killed her and turned her skin into a shield . Pallas is sometimes referred to as being...
, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia
- Athena
People
- Marcus Antonius PallasPallas (freedman)Marcus Antonius Pallas was a prominent Greek freedman and secretary during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Claudius and Nero. His younger brother was Marcus Antonius Felix, a procurator of Iudaea Province...
, a freedman and favorite of Emperor Claudius - Peter Simon PallasPeter Simon PallasPeter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...
(1741–1811), German naturalist who explored the Urals, the Caspian Sea, China, and the Altai. The common names of several mammal and bird species were named after him: - David PallasDavid PallasDavid Pallas , Spain, is a Swiss right back. He is currently a free agent, having left VfL Bochum of Germany's Bundesliga. Pallas was born in Spain but left for Switzerland at the age of 4. He qualifies to play for either nation....
(born 1980) - Janette PallasJanette PallasJanette Pallas , is the Business Incubation and Enterprise manager, De Montfort University, Leicester. In 2008, she was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.-References:...
- José Ignacio PallasJosé Ignacio PallasJosé Ignacio Pallas is a Uruguayan football defender who currently plays for Uruguayan side Centro Atlético Fénix.In 2003 he began his career playing for River Plate from Montevideo...
(born 1983), Uruguayan football defender - Simon PallasSimon PallasSimon Pallas was a German physician.Pallas was born in Berlin, where he remained through his life. He was professor of surgery at the Collegium medico-chirurgicum, and first surgeon at the Charité hospital...
(1694–1770), German physician - Tim PallasTim PallasTimothy Hugh Pallas is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006, representing the electorate of Tarneit...
(born 1960), Australian politician
Birds
- Pallas's Cormorant
- Pallas's Fish Eagle
- Pallas's Gull
- Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler
- Pallas's Reed BuntingPallas's Reed BuntingThe Pallas's Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
- Pallas's RosefinchPallas's RosefinchThe Pallas' Rosefinch is a species of bird in the finch family Fringillidae.It is found in China, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Russia...
- Pallas's SandgrousePallas's SandgrouseThe Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas....
- Pallas's WarblerPallas's WarblerThe Pallas's Warbler or Pallas's Leaf Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia , northern Mongolia, and northeastern China...
Mammals
- Pallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina, is a South and Central American bat. It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds...
- Pallas's Mastiff BatVelvety Free-tailed BatThe Velvety Free-tailed Bat or Pallas's Mastiff Bat , is a bat species in the family Molossidae. It occurs in the Americas from Argentina north to Cuba and Mexico and also the Florida Keys in the United States....
- Pallas's Cat
- Pallas's Squirrel
Astronomy
- 2 Pallas2 PallasPallas, formally designated 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered , and one of the largest. It is estimated to constitute 7% of the mass of the asteroid belt, and its diameter of 530–565 km is comparable to, or slightly larger than, that of 4 Vesta. It is however 20%...
, one of the earliest-discovered and largest asteroids in the solar system - Pallas familyPallas familyThe Pallas or Palladian family of asteroids is a grouping of B-type asteroids at very high inclinations in the intermediate asteroid belt . It was first noted by Kiyotsugu Hirayama in 1928....
, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas - Pallas (crater)Pallas (crater)Pallas is a heavily eroded lunar crater located to the north of the Sinus Medii. To the northwest is the smaller but less worn crater Bode. Pallas shares a low wall with the crater Murchison that is attached to the southeast, and there are two gaps in the shared rim.The outer wall of Pallas is...
, a crater on Earth's moon
Technology
- The name given to the luxury versions of the Citroën DSCitroën DSThe Citroën DS is an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. Styled by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre, the DS was known for its aerodynamic futuristic body design and innovative...
, Citroën CXCitroën CXThe Citroën CX is an automobile produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1974 to 1991. Citroën sold nearly 1.2 million CXs during its 16 years of production. The CX was voted European Car of the Year in 1975....
, Citroën XMCitroën XMThe Citroën XM is an executive car that was produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1989 and 2000. Citroën sold 333,775 XMs during the model's 11 years of production...
and Citroën C6, automobiles built in France, a Dutch coastal tanker - Pallas class frigate (1808), warship during the Napoleonic Empire
- PALLASPALLASThis article is about the research group. See Pallas for other uses of this word.PALLAS stands for Parallel Applications, Libraries, Languages, Algorithms, and Systems. It is a research group in of the at , led by...
, a research group working on parallel computing at University of California, Berkeley - Pallas, a French Minerve class submarineMinerve class submarineThe Minerve class submarines were a class of submarines built for the French Navy prior to World War II. The class was based on a French Admiralty design.-Submarines of the class:* Minerve, joined the Free French Navy...
Places
- Pallas, a fell in Lapland Province, Finland
- PallasgreenPallasgreenPallasgreen or Pallasgrean is a village in East County Limerick, situated on the Limerick–Tipperary N24 road. The name means "the Stockade of Grian," referring to an ancient Irish Goddess of Love, whose is associated with the a nearby hill of Nicker.Just a short distance down the road is the...
, a village in County Tipperary, Ireland
Other
- Pallas (band)Pallas (band)Pallas are a progressive rock band based in the UK. They were one of the bands at the vanguard of what was termed neo-progressive during progressive rock's second-wave revival in the early 1980s...
, a British progressive rock band - Pallas (L. Neil Smith), a literary SF work by L. Neil SmithL. Neil SmithL. Neil Smith , also known to readers and fans as El Neil, is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist. He was born on May 12, 1946 in Denver...
- Sailor Pallas, aka PallaPalla, a character in Sailor Moon