2) Pallas, in classical mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Name given to Athena after she killed either a youthful playmate named Pallas or, in some legends, the giant Pallas. 2 Goatish giant killed by Athena when he tried...

3) Pallas, in astronomy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The second largest asteroid, it has a diameter of c.300 mi (480 km). Its orbit has a semimajor axis of 2.78 astronomical units and a period of 1,684 days....

4) Athena. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek religion and mythology, one of the most important Olympian deities. According to myth, after Zeus seduced Metis he learned that any son she bore would overthrow...

5) palladium, chemical element. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Palladium is a lustrous silver-white metal with a face-centered cubic crystalline structure. Directly above platinum, it is one of the platinum metals in group VIII...

6) Nike. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek religion and mythology, goddess of victory, daughter of Pallas and Styx. Often an attendant of Zeus or Athena, she also presided over all contests, athletic...

7) Palladium, in Greek religion. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek religion, sacred image kept in the temple of Athena at Troy. It was either an image of Athena or an image made by Athena of her unfortunate playmate Pallas...

8) asteroid. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist. Most asteroids are irregularly shaped, unlike...

9) Felix, Antonius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Roman procurator of Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, and Peraea (c.A.D. 52-A.D. 60), a freedman of Claudius I. He was judge of the apostle Paul. He married Drusilla, a Herodian...

10) Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...German astronomer and physician. He originated (1797) the first satisfactory method for calculating the orbits of comets, but despite the fame it brought him, he...