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plzz u guyz still need help...wat the hell is the PALLID BUST OF PALLAS mean in "THE RAVEN"????? helppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp:P
-- Anonymous, March 17, 2004
well...i read it today in english class and at the bottom it says what all of that stuff means. PALLID means pale BUST- in old time a long time ago there used to be thest statues on top of doors, shoulders up. a statue of the shoulders up is a BUST. PALLAS is the name of a ancient greek goddess of death... that's it!!
-- Anonymous, March 17, 2004
Helmeted goddess of wisdom, Ulysses patron goddess, often said to have a trinity aspect(Moon, Huntress, Virgin).
-- Anonymous, March 18, 2004
Oh, and her bird was the owl, perhaps an early choice for the bird of the poem, but one which Poe's friend Henry Hirst had already used. Also runner-up was the parrot,
-- Anonymous, March 18, 2004