1 Minnesota Jones: The Palladium of Troy, eh? Do you have a lead on it?
1 Sallah: Palladium?
2 Monty: A statue of Pallas carved by the Greek goddess Athena after Pallas died in a tragic accident while they were playing. She gave it to Zeus.
3 Monty: He later discarded it; it fell to Earth at the feet of Ilus as he was praying for a sign of prosperity for his newly founded city: Ilium, now known as Troy.
4 Sallah: {shaking head} Those wacky Greek gods...
4 Prof. Jones: Yes, a sign saying "Ignore the horse" would have been more use.

Sallah is useful as a character to explain things to so that I can reveal important information pertaining to the plot without having to simply lump it all down here in the annotations.

If you want to read more:

• Palladium.
• Pallas
• Athena
• Zeus
• Ilus
• Troy
• Palladium, the chemical element, which has nothing to do with our story, and is only mentioned here because I know I'll get a dozen e-mails from people about it if I don't.