Minerva ( Etruscan: Menrva ) was the Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena.

Extrapolating from her Roman nature, it is assumed that in Etruscan mythology, Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools and commerce.

Like Athena, Minerva was born from the head of her father, Jupiter ( Greek Zeus ).

* Minerva is featured on the seals of many schools and colleges: on that of Union College in Schenectady, NY, the motto is ( translated from the French ) " Under the laws of Minerva, we are all brothers.

* The Seal of California depicts the Goddess Minerva having sprung full grown from the brain of Jupiter.

* 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.

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.

Silver plate with goddess Minerva from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century BC

Cogidubnus / Togidubnus is known from a reference to his loyalty in Tacitus's Agricola, and from an inscription commemorating a temple dedicated to Neptune and Minerva found in nearby Chichester.

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 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 ".

The most ancient buildings currently visible are from the 3rd century BC, notably the Castrum ( military camp ); of a slightly later date is the Capitolium ( temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva ).

The film culminates in a showdown at Leonardo's castle, between the remaining CIA agents, the Mayflowers, and the team of Hudson, Five-Tone, and Baragli, to stop the Mayflowers from successfully operating the machine, during which Kit Kat and Butterfingers are betrayed and killed by Minerva.

The Town of Newcomb was established in 1828 from parts of the Towns of Minerva and Moriah.

Hague competed in the old Marcy League, which included teams from Bolton Landing, Chestertown, Horicon, Pottersville, Keene Valley, Indian Lake, Minerva, Newcomb, Long Lake, and Wells.

* 1939 oral history memoir from Minerva Fessing Oatfield ( an acquaintance of Abigail Scott Duniway ), on the Library of Congress website

There was also a short-lived hovercraft service ; Minerva and Mercury linked Hull Pier and Grimsby Docks from February to October 1969, but suffered frequent mechanical failures.

* George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent (" The History of Romanian Literature from Its Origins to Present Times "), Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1986

The interior, a basilica with nave and two aisles, contains columns said to come from a temple of Minerva and a fine mosaic pavement of 1166, with interesting representations of the months, Old Testament subjects and others.

In the center is Minerva, personifying the United States, standing with left hand resting of fasces and right hand holding a shield blazoned with the shield from the coat of arms of the United States.

The " Garden of Minerva " is situated in the fringes of the Castle hill that dominates the old Salerno.

* John Berendt describes the alleged business relationship between James Arthur Williams and a conjure-woman called " Miz Minerva " in his non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, in which hoodoo practices play a significant part.

* Animaniacs ( 1993-1998 )-1 half-hour episode and 27 segments: Bully for Skippy, Wakko's America, What Are We ?, Be Careful What You Eat, Slappy Goes Walnuts, The Big Candy Store, Plane Pals, Meatballs and Consequences, Broadcast Nuisance, Guardin ' the Garden, Bumbie's Mom, Wally Llama, Chairman of the Bored, Meet Minerva, And Justice for Slappy, Meet John Brain, Critical Condition, Frontier Slappy, MacBeth, Windsor Hassle, Scare-Happy Slappy, Ragamuffins, Karaoke-Dokie, Testimonials, Dot The Macademia Nut, Magic Time, The Brain's Apprentice and There's Only One of You.

Bust of Minerva, Wedgwood and Bentley, c. 1795

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 ).

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

Later introductions include Summanus, c. 278, Vortumnus c. 264, and at some time before the end of the 3rd century, Minerva.

Estrada's Temple of Minerva, Guatemala City, c. 1905.

* Minerva, the stage name of Josephine Blatt ( c. 1869 – 1923 )

Iacopo Passavanti, author of the Specchio di vera penitenza, after finishing his studies in Paris c. 1333 was lector at the studium at Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

Self-Portrait at the Clavichord with a Servant, c. 1577, Oil on canvas Lavinia Fontana, Minerva Dressing, 1613, Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome. Newborn Baby in a Crib ( c. 1583 )

* Minerva ( Josephine Blatt née Wohlford ), ( c. 1869 – 1923 ) born in New Jersey.

That would be Minerva, I suppose.

`` Tell me about Minerva, how she behaved, what she did to please you ''.

Athena ( Minerva ) is the subject of the $ 50 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemorative coin.

The Roman name for Athena is Minerva.

In the video game Assassin's Creed II, Minerva appears in an ancient vault underneath the Vatican at the end of the game.

Minerva is also the first name of Professor McGonagall, Harry Potter's Head of House, and a very wise witch of Hogwarts, always concerned with the safety of her students.

The first football match at which there were any gate receipts was when Fulham played against Minerva in the Middlesex Senior Cup, on 10 October 1886.

She was buried in the cemetery of Santa Maria sopra Minerva which lies near the Pantheon.

After miracles were reported to take place at her grave, Raymond moved her inside the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, where she lies to this day.

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

She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.

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

The goddess he worshipped the most zealously however was Minerva.

The reverse depicts the Roman goddess Minerva, who was Domitian's favoured deity, and appeared on numerous coin types throughout his reign.

Veneration of Serapis and Isis, who were identified with Jupiter and Minerva respectively, was especially prominent.

According to Suetonius, Domitian worshipped Minerva as his protector goddess with superstitious veneration.

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.

The people of Ono-i-Lau in the Lau Islands archipelago claim that Minerva Reef is part of their traditional fishing ground.

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.

* Temple of Minerva.

Fulham started playing at their current ground Craven Cottage in 1896, their first game against now defunct rivals Minerva F. C .. Fulham are the oldest established club in southern England currently playing professional football, though there are many non-league sides like Cray Wanderers which are several decades older.

Daniel MacKenzie of the American whaler Minerva Smith was unaware of Worth's sighting when he charted the island in 1828 and named it after his ship's owners on 1 December 1828.

As a token of respect for Roman religion, however, Elagabalus joined either Astarte, Minerva, Urania, or some combination of the three to Elagabal as wife.