<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also Athene</li><li>Also called Pallas</li><li>the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare.</li><li>At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.</li><li>Compare Minerva.</li><li>a first name.</li></ul>