Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in
English:
Panathenaic Athletic Club or
Panathinaikos AC) is a major
Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. It has the
trifolium (
shamrock) as its official emblem, symbol of harmony, unity, nature, and good luck. Green (usually used dark shades of the colour by the club) and white are their colours (green for
health,
youth and
nature, such as
physiolatry, and white for
virtue). Panathinaikos is one of the most successful
multi-sport club and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" (which can literally be translated as "Panathenaic", which means "of all Athens") was inspired by the ancient work of
Isocrates Panathenaicus, where the orator praise the
Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks.