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Pallas Athena
パラスアテナ
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Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Other Name(s) AthenaRevelations: Persona
Origin Greek culture
Race(s) DeityDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2

MegamiShin Megami Tensei: Nine
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Shin Megami Tensei: J
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
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Alignment(s) Light-LawShin Megami Tensei: Nine
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

LawShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Arcana Justice

Pallas Athena is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Pottery depicting Athena (c. 500-490 BC)

Athena,[a] commonly given the epithet Pallas,[b] was the Greek patron deity of Athens and is the virgin goddess of wisdom and warfare. A child of Zeus, her pregnant mother Metis was absorbed by Zeus after it was prophesied that she would bear a son mightier than Zeus. From within her father, she struck a spear and shield against his head giving him an unbearable headache until he demanded Hephaestus cut open his head, making a hole in his forehead from which Athena burst free.

She is the patron god of Athens, with the myths stating that when the city was established she and Poseidon vied to have the city worship them as their patron god through competition. Poseidon created a salt water spring, promising the people significant naval power, while Athena created an olive tree, promising trade and peace. The king favoured Athena's gift, and the city was named Athens in her honour. She was also the patron god of various heroes, granting her half-brother Perseus a polished shield to allow him to face Medusa without being turned to stone by her gaze and guiding his sword to decapitate the Gorgon. She also guided Odysseus in the siege on Troy and in returning to his home of Ithica, granting him her blessings and aiding him through various means such as disguising him so none of the enemies that had overtaken his palace would recognise him.

The Roman poet Ovid introduced two significant narratives regarding Athena that are known to this day. First is the story of Arachne, in which the human girl Arachne boasts her skill in weaving is superior to Athena and when she refuses to express respect towards the gods she challenges Athena to a contest, after which Athena assaults Arachne for either being a superior weaver or for Arachne mocking and insulting the gods before transforming her into a spider. Ovid also rewrote the monster Medusa into a once beautifully-haired woman who had sexual relations with Athena's rival Poseidon within the goddess's temple, with interpretations varying if it was consensual or not, and Athena's punishment for defiling her sacred ground was to transform Medusa's hair into serpents.

Design

Pallas Athena's design takes inspiration from the Athena Parthenos, a statue of the goddess that once resided in the goddess's temple in Athens. While the original statue is lost, replicas of the Athena Parthenos have survived and are consistent in design, depicting Athena in a full body robe resting a large shield on the ground with her left hand and holding an angelic figure in her right, wearing a helmet with three large plumes and in some depictions has a spear resting on her shoulder. Similarly, Pallas Athena is depicted in a similar manner, with the primary differences being a mask covering her face and the shield and spear being held in each hand rather than resting. In Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner she is coloured white and gold with dark skin, which was changed to black and red with pale skin and blond hair in Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Pallas Athena.

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

The virgin war goddess who sprungfrom '[sic] fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is associated with olive trees.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

The virgin war goddess who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is associated with olive trees.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

The virgin war goddess who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is associated with olive trees.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

The virgin war goddess who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is associated with olive trees.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
(Akuma Zensho; PSP)

出身地：ギリシア

ゼウス神の娘である、戦いを得意とする処女神。アテナの名で呼ばれることも多い。

パラスアテナはゼウスの額から武装した姿で生まれた。ただし彼女は、ゼウスのみを親としているわけではなく、ゼウスに飲み込まれた女神メティスを母とする。

彼女は自分の国家や家庭を守るために戦いはするが、戦いのための戦いをすることはなかった。

彼女はアテネ市の守護者で、オリーブを自身の木とする。
Translation: Place of origin: Greece

She is the daughter of Zeus, a virgin goddess who specializes in war. Often known by the name Athena.

Pallas Athena was born from Zeus's forehead fully armored. However, Zeus is not her only parent; her mother is the goddess Metis, who was swallowed by Zeus.

She fights to protect her own nation and home, but she has never fought for the sole sake of fighting.

She is the guardian of Athens, and her tree is the olive.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

The virgin war goddess who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is often associated with olive trees.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin

One of the twelve gods of Olympus. Presides over wisdom and craft.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Greek goddess of intellect, war, and weaving. Zeus' favorite child.

Devil Survivor 2

The virgin war goddess who sprung from Zeus' forehead fully armored after he swallowed her mother, Metis. She is the patron goddess of Athens and is associated with olive trees.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

戦いと技芸を司る、ギリシア神話の女神。主神ゼウスの額から生まれたとされる。

出身地：ギリシア
通常は「アテナ」の名で通っている戦いと技芸の女神で、パラスアテナとはアテナが後に自分につけた名であると言われている。ギリシア神話の主神ゼウスとティタンの女神メティスの間に生まれた女神で、身ごもったメティスを飲み込んだゼウスが頭痛に悩み、鍛冶屋神ヘパイストスに頭を割らせたところゼウスの額から武装した姿で飛び出してきたとされる。彼女はアテネ市の守護神であり、パルテノン（乙女）神殿に祀られている処女神であると言う。
Translation: The Greek goddess who presides over war and craft. Believed to have been born from the forehead of the chief deity, Zeus.

Place of origin: Greece
A goddess of war and craft, usually going by the name "Athena", it is said that Pallas Athena is the name that Athena later gave to herself. She was born of the chief Greek deity Zeus and the Titan goddess Metis; it is thought that when Zeus suffered from pain in his forehead after swallowing the pregnant Metis, he had the blacksmith god Hephaestus split his head open, and she emerged from his forehead, fully armored. It is said that she is the protector deity of Athens, and a virgin goddess worshiped at the Parthenon ("Temple of the Virgin").

Kaneko Kazuma Dennō Akuma Zukan 全能神であり雷神であるゼウスと知恵の女神メティスの子で、ゼウスの頭から生まれた。戦争と技芸の女神として常に兜と鎧、槍を装備した姿で描かれるが、パラスアテナの場合、戦争を推し進める軍神アレスと異なり、平和のための戦争を行なうとされる。
Translation: The child of the omnipotent thunder god Zeus and the goddess of wisdom Metis, born from Zeus's head. As the goddess of war and craft, she is always depicted with a helmet, armor, and spear, but unlike the war god Ares, who promotes war, Pallas Athena is said to wage war for peace.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Pallas Athena
AthenaRevelations: Persona
Japanese パラスアテナ Parasu Atena Pallas Athena
Traditional Chinese 帕拉斯雅典娜 Pàlāsī Yǎdiǎnnà Pallas Athena
Korean 파라스아테나Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2
 Paraseuatena		 Pallas Athena
팔라스아테네Shin Megami Tensei IV
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
 Pallaseuatene		 Pallas Athena

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Notes

  1. ↑ Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, romanized Athēnâ
  2. ↑ Greek: Παλλάς, romanized Pallás
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