Pallas

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Pallas may refer to

Contents 1 Classical mythology 2 Zoology 2.1 Birds 2.2 Mammals 3 Astronomy 4 Other

[edit] Classical mythology

Pallas the person-

• Pallas (son of Crius), a Titan associated with war
• Pallas (Giant), a Giant and the son of Uranus and Gaia
• Pallas (son of Pandion), the son of Pandion II, king of Athens, and father of the fifty Pallantids
• Pallas (son of Evander), the son of Evander, king of Latium
• Pallas (daughter of Triton), the daughter of Triton
• Pallas (son of Lycaon), teacher of Athena
• Athena, who used the epithet "Pallas"

[edit] Zoology

• Peter Simon Pallas, a German naturalist who explored the Urals, the Caspian Sea, China, and the Altai. Several mammal and bird species were named after him:

[edit] Birds

• Pallas's Cormorant
• Pallas's Fish-eagle
• Pallas's Gull
• Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler
• Pallas's Reed Bunting
• Pallas's Rosefinch
• Pallas's Sandgrouse
• Pallas's Warbler

[edit] Mammals

• Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
• Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
• Pallas's Cat
• Pallas's Squirrel

[edit] Astronomy

• 2 Pallas, one of the earliest-discovered asteroids
• Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas
• Pallas, a crater on Earth's moon

[edit] Other

• Pallas (freedman), a freedman and favorite of Emperor Claudius
• Pallas (band), a British progressive rock band
• The name given to the luxury versions of the Citroën DS, Citroën CX, Citroën XM and Citroën C6, automobiles built in France
• Pallas (L. Neil Smith), a literary SF work by L. Neil Smith
• Pallas, a fell in Lapland Province, Finland
• Pallas (TV series)), a British satirical TV series
• Pallas groupe, a French company later merged into Pallas Stern, which collapsed
• Pallasgreen, a village in County Tipperary, Ireland