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Littlestone Jun 3, 2013 22:48:14
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
But they were dedicated to Minerva and she was a healing deity .
She was also the goddess primarily of other things (you have already acknowledged that). Are you prepared to categorically state (as you have above) that, “...the bath themselves were dedicated to Minerva ,a healing deity .”?

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tjj Jun 3, 2013 23:08:29
Replying to Littlestone

My goodness, we have wandered off topic ... Minerva was in fact a Roman assimilation of the Greek goddess Athena who has all sorts of mythology wound around her, including a cloak of snakes. One of her incarnations is Goddess of Wisdom.

T tiompan
tiompan Jun 3, 2013 23:20:22
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
tiompan wrote:
But they were dedicated to Minerva and she was a healing deity .
She was also the goddess primarily of other things (you have already acknowledged that). Are you prepared to categorically state (as you have above) that, “...the bath themselves were dedicated to Minerva ,a healing deity .”?
I have already "stated " it , shall I take an oath ?
If it helps
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/explore/Object_Details.aspx?objectID=batrm_1978_1