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Polias

（Πολιάς) or Poliūchus (Πολιοῦχος, “Protectress of the city”). A special name of Athené (q.v.) in many Greek cities, but particularly at Athens.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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