Minerva
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Roman
- Deity.name
- Minerva
- Deity.member_of
- the Capitoline Triad and the Dii Consentes
- Deity.image
- Herculaneum Collegio degli Augustali Ercole sull'Olimpo (cropped).jpg
- Deity.caption
- Fresco of Minerva from Herculaneum (1st century AD)
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, the crafts, and wisdom
- Deity.symbols
- Owl of Minerva, olive tree, serpent of Jupiter, the Parthenon, the spear, the spindle, and Hellebore
- Deity.parents
- JupiterMetis
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Athena
- Deity.etruscan_equivalent
- Menrva
- Deity.festivals
Article
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin
- Presence in mythology
- Birth
- Minerva and Arachne
- Minerva and Medusa
- Taming of Pegasus
- Turning Aglauros to stone
- Minerva and Hercules
- Minerva and Ulysses
- Inventing the flute
- Worship in Rome and Italy
- Roman coinage
- Worship in Roman Britain
- Bath
- Carrawburgh
- Chester
- Etruscan Menrva
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright|Mosaic of the Minerva of Peace in the Library of Congress
Minerva (; ; ) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. She is also a goddess of warfare, though with a focus on strategic warfare, rather than the violence of gods such as Mars. Beginning in the second century BC, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is one of the three Roman deities in the Capitoline Triad, along with Jupiter and Juno.