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Evergreen Dazed Jun 6, 2013 11:38:02
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
However I note how you have now changed the wording of the problem , inserting a "in that role ", Minerva would not be impressed .
Tiompan, 'in that role' is implied by saying that the baths were dedicated to Minerva, a healing deity.

It is disingenuous to specifically mention 'a healing deity' and then claim you were not intending to mean the baths were dedicated to her in that role!

You seem to be attempting to persuade that you were explaining that the baths were dedicated to Minerva, but then adding 'a healing deity' as some sort of 'extra' and irrelevant information, regarding the specific point being discussed!

To claim you were making an intentional distinction like that is, as i'm certain you know, to admit your communication was quite poor, as it gives the strong impression you were attributing the dedication to Minerva in that specific role.

Finally, if you had included 'a healing deity' not as the specific, but simply in order to provide an extra snippet of information for us about Minerva, it seems very strange to only mention healing among many other possible choices!

So which was it?

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tiompan Jun 6, 2013 12:30:45
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

EGD , the comment “...the bath themselves were dedicated to Minerva , a healing deity .” does not include or entail that they were dedicated to her in that role. If you or anyone else reads that into it , you are mistaken , semantically and logically . Roman temples are dedicated to particular gods and their role is not specified e.g. when a temple is dedicated to Jupiter there is no mention that it is Jupiter in the role of defender of boundaries as opposed to his more usual role ,therefore there is no question of “in that role “ even being applicable in the first place , it wouldn't even be a consideration .
The healing was added as additional info because it is a less well known attribute but is obviously relevant to the healing aspect of the site .