Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Metis. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, crafts, and the inventor of music. As 'Minerva Medica', she was the goddess of medicine and doctors.. Ovid called her the "goddess of a thousand works." Her Greek mythology counterpart was Athena, and Minerva too sprung fully grown, and fully armored, from the head of Jupiter. In the temple on the Capitoline Hill she was worshipped together with Jupiter and Juno, with whom she formed a powerful triad of gods. According to legend, the Queen of Spades playing card depicts Minerva. When I am making a piece, and my creative juices get clogged up, I call on Minerva. She`s helped me with alot of my just can`t seem to get it together creative funks. So I named this piece as a tribute to her.
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