* The symbol of Hornsby Girls High School, Australia, is the " Torch of Knowledge " and words of the school song include " Minerva by our southern seas her sacred groves replanted, with whispering gums to woo the breeze that flows o ' er lands enchanted ; with ageless hills she rimmed her bower, her sunlit shrine of learning, and here we keep through shine and shower the Torch of Knowledge burning ..." ( NOTE on Australianisms: gums here means " gum trees " ( eucalyptus ), not a part of the mouth ).

An 18th-century example of topical song intended as a feminist protest song is " Rights of Woman " ( 1795 ), sung to the tune of " God Save the King ", written anonymously by " A Lady ", and published in the Philadelphia Minerva, October 17, 1795.

Minerva Mayflower, played by Sandra Bernhard, is sitting on a desk singing the song while it is being played on her headphones.

* " Minerva ", a 2005 song by Ani DiFranco, from her album Knuckle Down

Mosaic of the Minerva of Peace ( detail ), Elihu Vedder, 1896 ( Library of Congress )

* According to John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy ( 1798 ), the third degree of the Bavarian Illuminati was called Minerval or Brother of Minerva, in honor of the goddess of learning.

Also, like Minerva ( who had the ability to transform into an owl ), the character of McGonagall had the ability to transfigure into a cat.

In December, he founded New York's first daily newspaper, American Minerva ( later known as the Commercial Advertiser ), and edited it for four years, writing the equivalent of 20 volumes of articles and editorials.

This vase suggests he was descended partly from Apollo ( thus partly divine, shades of Achilles ), whom he worshiped as a God, gave private parties in his honor together with Minerva, Roman Goddess of War, from the founder of Rome, and his connection to his uncle Julius Caesar, for whom as a young man he gave a remarkable funeral oratory, and who adopted him on his father's death, when he was only four.

Self-portraits and family members were her most frequent subjects, as seen in such paintings as Self-Portrait ( 1554, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna ), The Chess Game ( 1555, Muzeum Narodowe, Poznań ), which depicted her sisters Lucia, Minerva and Europa, and Portrait of Amilcare, Minerva and Asdrubale Anguissola ( c. 1557-1558, Nivaagaards Malerisambling, Niva, Denmark ).

In addition the Greek gods were taken into the Etruscan system: Aritimi ( Artemis ), Menrva ( Minerva ), Pacha ( Dionysus ).

* Solomon Northup ( 1808-d. c. 1863 ), born in Minerva as a free man, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.

Burr was born Raymond William Stacey Burr in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, to William Johnston Burr ( 1889 – 1985 ), an Irish hardware salesman, and his wife Minerva ( née Smith, 1892 – 1974 ), a concert pianist and music teacher, who was of English and Scottish descent.

According to Ovid ( Metamorphoses ), a Roman poet writing in 8 AD, who was noted for accuracy regarding the Greek myths, Medusa alone had serpents in her hair, and he explained that this was due to Athena ( Roman Minerva ) cursing her.

Roman remains can still be found in Assisi: city walls, the forum ( now Piazza del Comune ), a theatre, an amphitheatre and the Temple of Minerva ( now transformed into the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva ).

), a Perseus, a satyr — Marsyas — admiring the flute and Minerva ( Athena ), a Hercules, which was taken to the shrine dedicated by Pompey the Great at the Circus Maximus, Discobolus ( the discus thrower ), and an Apollo for Ephesus, " which Antony the triumvir took from the Ephesians, but the deified Augustus restored it again after being warned in a dream ".

Examples are Aritimi ( Artemis ), Menrva ( Minerva ; Latin equivalent of Athena ), and Pacha ( Bacchus ; Latin equivalent of Dionysus ), and over time the primary trinity became Tinia, Uni and Menrva.

File: CatherineSienaMeo. jpg | Michele de Meo, " Catherine of Siena, Patroness of Europe ," 2003, Chapel of St. James, Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Minerva has been a part of campus from the first diploma bearing her likeness in 1894 to the statue erected near the center in 2003.

A version of the seal with Conan the Barbarian in the place of Minerva and California spelled phonetically as ' Kahlifoania ' made the rounds soon after Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in 2003.

* " On passage from Minerva Reef, November 2, 2003 "

Under Carnival, the characteristically small 300-passenger ship Minerva, was replaced in 2003 by the 600-passenger Minerva II.

* Minerva Krohn ( 2003 – 2004 )

In March 2003 it was reported that Alitalia was considering taking over Minerva Airlines which had suspended flight operations and transferring the turboprop fleet of Alitalia Express to Minerva Airlines.

* Cruising Yachties Experience at Minerva ( 2003 )

At the time that the Allders chain went into administration Minerva announced that the development was to be in a single phase that includes demolition of the Allders store and a five-year wait until the new development is completed.

North Minerva ( Tongan: Teleki Tokelau ) offers the more protected anchorage, with a single, easily negotiated, west-facing pass that offers access to the large, calm lagoon with extensive sandy areas.

In the early years of motor-bicycle manufacture they used Minerva, De Dion, MMC and possibly a Condor 850 cc single but went on to produce a wide range of machines with engines from most major manufacturers.

Milne was an early screenwriter for the nascent British film industry, writing four stories filmed in 1920 for the company Minerva Films ( founded in 1920 by the actor Leslie Howard and his friend and story editor Adrian Brunel ).

* 1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Several days prior to the assassination, Minerva had appeared to him in a dream, announcing she had been disarmed by Jupiter, and would no longer be able to protect him.

In 1920 the short-lived company Minerva Films was founded in London by the actor Leslie Howard ( also producer and director ) and his friend and story editor Adrian Brunel.

" Minerva was worshipped throughout Italy, though only in Rome did she take on the warlike character shared by Athena.

Minerva was worshipped on the Capitoline Hill as one of the Capitoline Triad along with Jupiter and Juno, at the Temple of Minerva Medica, and at the " Delubrum Minervae " a temple founded around 50 BC by Pompey on the site now occupied by the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva facing the present-day Piazza della Minerva.

* The Minerva head has been associated with the Chartered Society of Designers since its inception in 1930 and has been redefined several times during the history of the Society by notable graphic designers.

UNCG also has a Minerva statue, donated by the Class of 1953.

" Minerva is still venerated by seniors and their ' torch bearers ' during a pre-graduation ritual called " Torch Night " there.

* The Minerva head has been associated with the Chartered Society of Designers since its inception in 1930 and has been redefined several times during the history of the Society by notable graphic designers.

* Minerva is displayed on the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government.

* The Minerva Roundabout in Guadalajara, Mexico, located at the crossing of the López Mateos, Vallarta, López Cotilla, Agustín Yáñez and Golfo de Cortez avenues, features the goddess standing on a pedestal, surrounded by a large fountain, with an inscription which says " Justice, wisdom and strength guard this loyal city ".

* Republic of Minerva, another libertarian project that succeeded in building a small man-made island on the Minerva Reefs south of Fiji in 1972 before being invaded by troops from Tonga, who formally annexed it before destroying the island.

To give two examples, the marble statue of Cristo della Minerva ( church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome ) was covered by added drapery, as it remains today, and the statue of the naked child Jesus in Madonna of Bruges ( The Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium ) remained covered for several decades.