>>41325276

Though the origin of Athena's epithet "Pallas" is obscure,[3] according to a fragment from an unidentified play of Epicharmus (between c. 540 and c. 450 BC), Athena, after having used his skin for her cloak, took her name from the Giant Pallas.[4]

This story, related by Apollodorus and Epicharmus, is one of a number of stories in which Athena kills and flays an opponent, with its hide becoming her aegis.[5] For example, Euripides tells that during "the battle the giants fought against the gods in Phlegra" that it was "the Gorgon" (possibly considered here to be one of the Giants) that Athena killed and flayed,[6] while the epic poem Meropis, has Athena kill and flay the Giant Asterus, using his impenetrable skin for her aegis.....

Asterius's name translates to 'starry',[1] and thus 'glitterer, bright'.[2] His name is also spelled Aster (Ancient Greek: Ἀστήρ, romanized: Astḗr, lit.'star'),[3] and another number of ways (see below). All variants derive from the word ἀστήρ, meaning 'star',[4] which is itself inherited from the Proto-Indo-European root *h2ster- (“star”), from *h2eh1s-, "to burn".[5] Asterius' name thus shares an etymology with the names of Astraeus, Astraea, and Asteria.

>List of Names of Athena
>Pallas Athena or Athena Asteria..... know as...

Athena, Brightest of the Heavens.