Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and the Arts
She was born fully armed from her father’s skull. The Romans put her at the center of their state religion and made her the patron goddess of nearly every skilled profession in Rome.
She was born fully armed from her father’s skull. The Romans put her at the center of their state religion and made her the patron goddess of nearly every skilled profession in Rome.
She spent seven books of the Aeneid trying to prevent Rome from being founded. She failed. The Romans still made her one of their three supreme gods.
Five planets were named for Roman gods. The largest got Jupiter. The Romans would have considered this entirely appropriate.