Source Verification: Pallas
Every claim below is either what a named ancient source attests, in its own line or section, or a point where the sources themselves disagree.
What the Sources Attest
Who are Pallas's parents?
The Titan Crius and Eurybia, a daughter of the primordial sea god Pontus. Hesiod's Theogony names Pallas alongside his brothers Astraeus and Perses as the three sons born to that marriage.
Source: Hesiod, Theogony 375-377
Who is Pallas married to, and who are his children?
Styx, the eldest daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Together they have four children: Zelus (Emulation), Nike (Victory), Kratos (Strength), and Bia (Force), the last two of whom Hesiod says never leave Zeus's side, dwelling permanently wherever he goes.
Source: Hesiod, Theogony 383-388
Is Pallas one of the twelve original Titans?
No. The twelve Titans are the children Ouranos and Gaia have directly, including Crius. Pallas is Crius's son, one generation later, which places him among the wider Titan-descended family rather than the original twelve.
Source: Hesiod, Theogony 375-377
How is Pallas related to the sea god Nereus?
Through his mother. Eurybia, Pallas's mother, is a daughter of Pontus and Gaia, making her a full sibling of Nereus. That makes Nereus Pallas's uncle by blood, even though one is filed among the Titans and the other among the primordial sea gods.
Source: Hesiod, Theogony 233-239
Is this Pallas the same figure whose name Athena carries as "Pallas Athena"?
No. Apollodorus describes a giant named Pallas whom Athena flays in the war with the giants, using his skin to shield her own body, and separately, a winged daughter of the sea god Triton whom Athena kills by accident in a training match. Neither being has any genealogical connection to this Titan; the shared name is coincidence, not kinship.
Source: Apollodorus, Library 1.6.2
Does Pallas appear as a character in any myth of his own?
No. Every surviving mention of Pallas is genealogical, naming him as Crius and Eurybia's son or as Styx's husband and the father of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. No ancient source stages him acting or speaking.
Source: Hesiod, Theogony 383-388
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 375-377
- Hesiod, Theogony 383-388
- Hesiod, Theogony 233-239
- Apollodorus, Library 1.6.2
- Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth (1993)