# Pallas — Poetry character guide

> Pallas in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pale Pallas, Pale

**First appearance:** 0039-the-garden-of-eros

## Who they are

An epithet for the goddess Athena, meaning maiden or warrior.

## In the story

### [Chorus of Cloud Maidens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/chorus-of-cloud-maidens)

Invoked as the patron of the land (Athens) to which the Cloud Maidens wing.

### [Άντιστροφή](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/chapter)

The land is described as Pallas-loved, referencing Athena.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/i)

Referred to as 'Pale Pallas' when she sweeps away in vengeance after Charmides' leap.

### [Santa Decca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/santa-decca)

Grey-eyed Pallas is mentioned as no longer receiving crowns of olive-leaves.

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