Minerva

Minerva in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

one of the great Roman divinities, whose name seems to be of the same root as mens, whence monere and promneercare (Fest. p. 205, ed. Müller. She is accordingly the thinking, calculating, and inventive power personified. Varro (ap. Aug. de Civ. Dei, 7.28) therefore considered her as the impersonation of all ideas, or as the plan of the univers...

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Minerva in Wikipedia

Minerva (Etruscan: Menrfa, or Menrva) was the Roman goddess whom Hellenizing Romans from the second century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic, and the inventor of music.[1] She is often depicted with an owl, her sacred creature and is, thro...

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