Pallas may refer to:

Astronomy

2 Pallas Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the second asteroid to have been discovered, after Ceres. It is believed to have a mineral composition similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, like Ceres, though significantly less hyd ...

asteroid **

Pallas family The Pallas family (''adj. Palladian''; ) is a small asteroid family of B-type asteroids at very high inclinations in the intermediate asteroid belt. The namesake of the family is 2 Pallas, an extremely large asteroid with a mean diameter of about 5 ...

, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas *

Pallas (crater) Pallas is a heavily eroded lunar impact crater located to the north of the Sinus Medii. It was named after the German-born Russian natural historian Peter Simon Pallas. To the northwest is the smaller but less worn crater Bode. Pallas shares a low ...

, a crater on Earth's moon

Mythology

Pallas (Giant) In Greek mythology, Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Ancient Greek: Πάλλας) was one of the Gigantes (Giants), the offspring of Gaia, born from the blood of the castrated Uranus. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, during the Gigantomachy, the c ...

, a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena *

Pallas (son of Evander) In Roman mythology, Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Ancient Greek: Πάλλας) was the son of King Evander. In Virgil's ''Aeneid'', Evander allows Pallas to fight against the Rutuli with Aeneas, who takes him and treats him like his own son Ascanius. In b ...

, a prominent character in the ''Aeneid'' *

Pallas (son of Lycaon) In Greek mythology, Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Ancient Greek: Πάλλας) was an Arcadian prince and the eponymous founder of the Arcadian town of Pallantion. He was the teacher of Athena, who, according to local myths, was born in Aliphera. Fami ...

, a teacher of Athena *

Pallas (son of Pandion) Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pal ...

, the father of the 50 Pallantides *

Pallas (Titan) In Greek mythology, Pallas (; grc-gre, Πάλλας) was, according to Hesiod, the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia, the brother of Astraeus and Perses, the husband of Styx, and the father of Zelus ("Zeal" or "Emulation"), Nike ("Victory" ...

, the son of Crius and Eurybia, brother of Astraeus and Perses, and husband of Styx *

Pallas (daughter of Triton) In Greek mythology, Pallas (; Ancient Greek: Παλλάς) was the daughter of Triton (son of Poseidon) and messenger of the seas. Mythology After Athena was born fully armed from Zeus' forehead, Triton, acting as a foster parent to the godde ...

* Pallas, an epithet of

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of ...

* Pallas, the father of Euryalus by

Diomede Diomede (; Ancient Greek: Διομήδη ''Diomēdē'') is the name of four women in Greek mythology: * Diomede, daughter of Xuthus. She married Deioneus, king of Phocis, and was the mother of Cephalus, Actor, Aenetus, Phylacus and Asterodia.(Int ...

People

Pallas (freedman) Marcus Antonius Pallas (died AD 62) was a prominent Greek freedman and secretary during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Claudius and Nero. His younger brother was Marcus Antonius Felix, a procurator of Iudaea Province. According to Tacitus, Pall ...

or Marcus Antonius Pallas, a freedman and favorite of Emperor Claudius * Pallas, a secondary wife of

Herod the Great Herod I (; ; grc-gre, ; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman Jewish client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renov ...

; her origins and fate are unknown.

People with the surname

David Pallas David Pallas (born 1 July 1980) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a right-back. He last played for VfL Bochum in Germany's Bundesliga. Early life Born in A Laracha, Spain, Pallas began his youth career at FC Zürich, where he made t ...

(born 1980), Swiss footballer * Janette Pallas * José Ignacio Pallas (born 1983), Uruguayan football defender * Maria Pallas (born 1993), Estonian swimmer *

Peter Simon Pallas Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia between 1767 and 1810. Life and work Peter Simon Pallas was born in Berlin, the son ...

(1741–1811), German naturalist *

Paulí Pallàs Paulí Pallàs (1862–October 6, 1893) was a Spanish anarchist and typesetter who carried out an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Catalan captain general Arsenio Martínez Campos. Life Paulino Pallás was born in 1862 in Spain. He mo ...

(1862-1893) Spanish anarchist * Simon Pallas (1694–1770), German physician *

Theodoros Pallas Theodoros Pallas ( el, Θεόδωρος Πάλλας; born in 1949), a Greek football player, was a defender for Aris Thessaloniki F.C. during the period 1966–80. He followed Dinos Kouis Dinos Kouis (Greek: Ντίνος Κούης) is a ...

(born 1949), Greek football player *

Tim Pallas Timothy Hugh Pallas (born 7 January 1960) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006, representing the electorate of Tarneit until 2014 and Werribee thereafter. He has served ...

(born 1960), Australian politician

Ships

* ''Pallas''-class frigate, a 1791 class of frigates on the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars * ''Pallas''-class frigate (1808), a class of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period * MV ''Empire Tulip'' or MV ''Pallas'', a 1939 Dutch coastal tanker * MV ''Pallas'', a 1971 cargo ship * ''Pallas'', a French ''Minerve''-class submarine * ''Pallas'', a Russian barque, wrecked in 1895 after grounding on

The Gwineas The Gwineas, also known as The Gwinges, are a set of approximately fifteen rocks in the extreme southern English Channel, off the coast of the fishing village of Gorran Haven, Cornwall, United Kingdom, remarkable for its seals, dolphins, gann ...

in the English Channel

Other uses

PALLAS Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pa ...

, a research group at University of California, Berkeley *

Pallas (band) Pallas are a Scottish progressive rock band from Aberdeen. They were one of the bands at the vanguard of what was termed neo-progressive during progressive rock's second-wave revival in the early 1980s. Other major UK acts included Marillion, I ...

, a British rock band *

Pallas University of Applied Sciences Pallas University of Applied Sciences ( et, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas) is a university of applied sciences that provides art education in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded on 1 August 2000. The university is situated in Karlova. The rector is Val ...

, a university in Estonia * Pallas, a townland in Durrow, County Westmeath, Ireland * ''Pallas'', a 1993 novel by L. Neil Smith * Pallas, a series of luxury versions of the

Citroën DS The Citroën DS () is a Front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, front mid-engined, front-wheel drive executive car manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1955 to 1975, in fastback/sedan, wagon/estate, and convertible body configurations ...

and other Citroën automobiles *Pallas, an Estonian art society which founded the

Pallas Art School (1919–1940) Pallas Art School ( et, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas) was an Estonian art school which existed 1919–1944 in Tartu. The school was the first Estonian art school which gave higher education in art. The school was established in 1919 by the ''Palla ...

* Pallas, the designation of a Citroën DS car model. *

Pallas Projects/Studios The Pallas Projects/Studios (PP/S, Pallas Studios, Pallas Contemporary Projects) is an artist-run and non-commercial gallery and studio space in Dublin, Ireland. History Pallas Projects was founded in 1996. The founders of Pallas say its su ...