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Parthenos

[ pahr-then-uhs, pahr-thuh-nos ]

noun

  1. an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”


Parthenos

/ ˈpɑːθɪˌnɒs /

noun

  1. an epithet meaning "Virgin", applied by the Greeks to several goddesses, esp Athena
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Parthenos (Par′thenos) was a name of Juno, and also of Minerva.

This plant may have had its name from the virgin (parthenos) goddess Athene, whom the Romans call Minerva.

Its official title was, so far as is known, never Parthenos.

Farnell1173 says that the first sense of parthenos was not "virgin," but unmarried.

The principal chamber (cella) within the colonnade contained the colossal statue of Athen Parthenos (see below, Nos. 300-302).

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