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Minerva

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Minerva

In Roman mythology, the goddess of wisdom and war, and of handicrafts and the arts, equivalent to the Greek Athena. From the earliest days of ancient Rome, there was a temple to her on the Capitoline Hill, near the Temple of Jupiter.

In Rome greater emphasis was placed on her warlike characteristics than elsewhere in the empire, and the goddess was often depicted in armour, frequently with a shield bearing the face of the gorgon Medusa. The spoils of war were dedicated to her.

Quinquatrus, her festival, was held on 19 Mar and lasted five days. The Palladium, a carved image of her Greek counterpart reputedly carried to Rome from Troy by Aeneas, was preserved in the Temple of Vesta.

Minerva

Village in Stark and Carroll counties, northeastern Ohio; population (1990) 4,400. It is located on the Sandy River, 24 km/15 mi east-southeast of Canton.

Minerva was founded during the construction of the Sandy and Beaver Canal. Its economy now relies on diversified farming and the manufacture of such products as electrical equipment, tools and dies.
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Then Minerva said, "Father, son of Saturn, King of kings, it served Aegisthus right, and so it would any one else who does as he did; but Aegisthus is neither here nor there; it is for Ulysses that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt island, far away, poor man, from all his friends.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
And, lastly, he inveighed against Minerva because she had not contrived iron wheels in the foundation of her house, so its inhabitants might more easily remove if a neighbor proved unpleasant.
Fables by Aesop View in context
What the ancients tell us, by way of fable, of the flute is indeed very rational; namely, that after Minerva had found it, she threw it away: nor are they wrong who say that the goddess disliked it for deforming the face of him who played thereon: not but that it is more probable that she rejected it as the knowledge thereof contributed nothing to the improvement of the mind.
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