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Minerva is a prominent figure in Roman mythology. She appears in many famous myths. Many of the stories of her Greek counterpart Athena are attributed to Minerva in Roman mythology, such as that of the naming of Athens [8] resulting from a competition between Minerva and Neptune, [9] in which Minerva created the olive tree. [1]
Minerva is a feminine given name usually given in reference to the Ancient Roman goddess of wisdom. The name Minerva stems from Proto-Italic * meneswo (" intelligent , understanding "), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) * menos (" thought ").
The association between the owl and the goddess continued through Minerva in Roman mythology, although the latter sometimes simply adopts it as a sacred or favorite bird.. For example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Corone the crow complains that her spot as the goddess' sacred bird is occupied by the owl, which in that particular story turns out to be Nyctimene, a cursed daughter of Epopeus, king ...
The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities who were worshipped in ancient Roman religion in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill (Latin Capitolium). It comprised Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. The triad held a central place in the public religion of Rome. [1]
Matt Kress, a St. Petersburg, Fla., artist created a mural in downtown Minerva. It depicts the ancient Roman goddess and her owl companion.
In Roman mythology, Athena was identified with Minerva, who shared many of the traits and characteristics of her Greek counterpart. [14] In relating the Judgement of Paris for Roman audiences, Ovid varies from the Greek traditions regarding Athena by describing Juno, Minerva, and Venus, stripped naked for the Trojan prince's evaluation. [15]
'Athena Speaking in Public') is a Roman marble lifesize sculpture of Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom (known among the Romans as Minerva). It was found in the Roman Forum of the ancient city of Nicopolis in the region of Epirus, and now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Nicopolis near Preveza, in western Greece.
Photo cred: Facbeook. Her full name, Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, was a muggle-born, Ravenclaw student who was killed by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, per Lord Voldemort's (Tom Riddle) orders.