- Minerva – Mythopedia
Minerva was the wisest of the Roman pantheon, the patron deity of philosophy, craftsmanship, art, and strategy A quintessentially Roman goddess, she was part of the widely worshiped Capitoline Triad, along with Jupiter and Juno
- Juno – Mythopedia
Juno was the Roman goddess of women and marriage, as well as a patron goddess of Rome She was one of the most important deities of the Roman pantheon
- Iliad: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Juno and Minerva prepare to aid the Grecians, but are restrained by Iris, sent from Jupiter The night puts an end to the battle Hector continues in the field, (the Greeks being driven to their fortifications before the ships,) and gives orders to keep the watch all night in the camp, to prevent the enemy from re-embarking and escaping by flight
- Mars – Mythopedia
Mars was the raging Roman god of warfare whose fury inspired savagery in battle Father of city founders Romulus and Remus, Mars was revered not only as a god of war, but one whose conflicts brought about lasting peace
- Iliad: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Minerva drives him on the Lycian train; Alastor, Cronius, Halius, strew’d the plain, Alcander, Prytanis, Noemon fell: [154] And numbers more his sword had sent to hell, But Hector saw; and, furious at the sight, Rush’d terrible amidst the ranks of fight
- Odyssey: Book 1 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument Minerva’s Descent to Ithaca The poem opens within forty eight days of the arrival of Ulysses in his dominions He had now remained seven years in the Island of Calypso, when the gods assembled in council, proposed the method of his departure from thence and his return to his native country For this purpose it is concluded to send Mercury to Calypso, and Pallas immediately descends
- Odyssey: Book 15 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The goddess Minerva commands Telemachus in a vision to return to Ithaca Pisistratus and he take leave of Menelaus, and arrive at Pylos, where they part: and Telemachus sets sail, after having received on board Theoclymenus the soothsayer The scene then changes to the cottage of Eumaeus, who entertains Ulysses with a recital of his adventures
- Bellerophon – Mythopedia
Dispute between Minerva and Neptune over the Naming of the City of Athens by René-Antoine Houasse (ca 1689) Palace of Versailles Public Domain What were Bellerophon’s attributes? Bellerophon was a famous hero and prince; like other mythical heroes, he was known for his courage But Bellerophon eventually succumbed to his own hubris
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