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Athene

a-the'ne, or Athena, in Greek mythology, the goddess of knowledge and of righteous war, identified with the Roman Minerva. She personified not only mental acuteness, but also the clear upper air, and was clothed with the aegis, or storm cloud, and armed with lightning. She is often called Pallas Athene. See Minerva

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