Parthenos

"The virgin." I.e. the virgin, a surname of Athena at Athens, where the famous temple Parthenon was dedicated to her.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 24; v, ii, 5; viii, 41.5; x, 34, in fin.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.