An ancient name whose meaning remains disputed
Tritogeneia appears in early Greek poetry, including Hesiod and Homeric Hymn 28. Its familiarity in the sources does not settle its meaning. Ancient explanations connected Athena with places or waters called Triton, while other interpretations pursued different associations.
For this title, an honest translation may leave the Greek name in place. Rendering it simply as “born at Lake Tritonis” would turn one explanatory tradition into an uncontested fact.
The name is valuable for precisely this reason: it preserves a depth of religious and poetic language that exceeds what we can recover securely. A reader can recognize Tritogeneia as Athena while keeping the history of its explanation open.