Pallas Athena

Don't you ever wonder who Pallas Athena is? I mean, when I first read the book, I keep asking myself "Are we talking about Athena or Pallas?" It confused me at first but since my group was assigned greek mythology and I'm encyclopedia brown, I did research on most of the things I saw in the The Odyssey. One of those questions was "Who was Pallas Athena?". I knew who Athena was...she was a goddess. I just had never known her as being called Pallas.

So I did my research and found out a great deal. The reason for the extra name was because when Athena was small, she had a playmate named Pallas. One day, the two girls were in a mock duel and Athena accidently killed Pallas (yeah I know...how can you accidently kill someone? *rolls eyes*). Athena was so sad that she added her playmates name to her own and was there forth called Pallas Athena. So at this particular moment, I feel very smart for figuring that out. I should continue reading. Just wanted to update those of you who didn't know. And if you did know...act like you didn't. It'll help build my self-esteem *laughs*.

By the way, this is a really good site on greek mythology. It could help you understand The Odyssey a tad bit more:

Myth Web

This site explains everything there is to know about the Trojan War:

The History of the Trojan War