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The Iliad 8.39–40

Zeus to Athena · divine
The Iliad 8.39–40
do I speak with full purpose of heart, but am minded to be kindly to thee.
θάρσει Τριτογένεια φίλον τέκος· οὔ νύ τι θυμῷ πρόφρονι μυθέομαι, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιος εἶναι.
Lattimore commentary
Tritogeneia was obscure even in antiquity as an epithet for Athene. It may mean “Triton-born” in relation to various bodies of water so named, although the goddess has nothing to do with Triton, son of Poseidon; more likely it means “genuine daughter” (literally “third-born”).
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