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Minerva (mih-NER-vuh). Roman name of Athena, the Olympian goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and also those of war; patron goddess of Athens. Athena was born from Zeus's head and was originally the Great Goddess in the form of a bird. She aided the heroes Perseus, Jason, Cadmus and Heracles in their quests. See The Olympians for more information and another picture. | |
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| Minerva. Tinted lithograph from an original in the National Museum, Naples. |
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Minerva (mih-NER-vuh). Roman name of Athena, the Olympian goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and also those of war; patron goddess of Athens. Athena was born from Zeus's head and was originally the Great Goddess in the form of a bird. She aided the heroes Perseus, Jason, Cadmus and Heracles in their quests. See The Olympians for more information and another picture. |