translate English to French: As the central metaphor of his address, he used the classical myth of Minerva's Owl, known to the Greeks as Pallas Athena, the goddess who represented wisdom and the quest for knowledge:
Il utilise, comme métaphore principale de son discours, le mythe classique de l'oiseau de Minerve, déesse qui symbolise la sagesse et la quête du savoir (et qui porte en grec le nom de Pallas Athéna) :