Pallas Athena

This is the song that is sung while the sophomores are running lanterns to the frosh during Lantern Night at Bryn Mawr College. They're in Greek, and the translation is after the words themselves.

Pallas Athena thea,
Mathe mastos kai stenous
Se par he me is iman
Hie rus sou sai soi deine (x2)

Hie rus sou sai soi deine (x4)
Akoue. Akoue.

Makar i ze ai toumen
He min sophian didou
He min syngignou aei
Makarthe a akoue(x2)

Makarthe a akoue(x4) Akoue. Akoue.

Hie rize nyntous lydnous
Aei phanos phanoien
Lamprynontes ten hodan
Melan phanon poiuntes(x2)

Melan phanon poiuntes(x4)
Akoue. Akoue.

Pallas Athena, goddess of learning and strength,
We come to you to worship you, dread goddess.
Bless us we pray; give us wisdom.
Be with us always, Blessed goddess, hear!
Sanctify our lanterns now, to shine forever clearly,
Lighting the way, making bright the dark.

Called Pallas, Pallas Athene, and Pallas Athena. It is the second largest known asteroid (570 x 525 x 482 miles in diameter). At the time of this writeup, from an Earth-bound vantage point Pallas Athena is currently placed within the constellation of Scorpio. It lives in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and takes over four and a half years to complete a circuit of the sun. It's orbit is elliptical and stable. To rotate completely on it's own axis takes just under eight hours.

Astrologically speaking, the placement of Pallas Athena within the natal horoscope is been said to be an indicator of:

• Relationship to the father
• The refocusing of emotional energy into mental persuits
• Sports and sportsmanship

For example, In my natal chart, Pallas Athena is placed within Leo. This can be interpreted as a strong ability to focus emotional energy on mental tasks and not backing down on those mental tasks, sometimes to the point of arrogance.

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specific numerical references such as size, day length, etc were looked up at www.nasa.gov.