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Pallas Athene Versus Minerva
The Goddess Athena has been an incredibly well-liked mythological
character for centuries because of her complex personality and the values which
are taught through her actions. The powerful Goddess has been generally thought
of as being the same person in both Greek and Roman stories alike, but this is
not true. Athena was looked upon and spoken of very differently in Roman and
Greek myths, thou ....
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.... cultures focused on the parts of the Gods which were most like themselves
and best suited their needs.
For the Greeks, the Gray-Eyed Goddess was not associated with specific
people except for Her rivals. The Romans, however, formed a group of Immortals
into the Capitoline triad, consisting of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. These three
assumed a supreme place in the Roman religion, acting like a Jury of Watchers
over the mortals. The Romans built a temple in honor of the Triad, named the
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