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Classical Sources:
Homer, Il. 1.193-218, 5.733ff., 5.875, 9.390, 14.178ff.
Homer, Od. 7.110ff., 20.72ff., and passim
Homeric Hymns "To Athena" 11 and 28
Aeschylus, Eum. 397-1047
Sophocles, Ajax 1-133
Euripides, Suppl. 1183-1226
Euripides, Trojan Women. 48-97
Euripides, Iph. Taur. 1135-1499; Ion 1548-1622; Rhesus 595-674
Orphic Hymns, 32 "To Pallas"
Ap. Rhod., Arg., passim
Diod. Sicul. Bibl., 3.70.1-6
Ovid, Met., 4.790-803, 6.1-145, 8.251ff.
Apollodorus Libr. 3.14.1-7
Hyginus Fabulae 142, 165, 168
Pausanias, 2.1.3, 2.5.1

The character of Palutena, the protectress of Pit in Kid Icarus, video game

A beautiful anime character with long green hair and a white toga, adorned with gold jewelry and arm bracer, looking over her shoulder.

Clearly iconographically derived from Pallas Athena, and with a name to match; however, certain modifications are apparent.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.