Both shrines had a central dais, or “a low platform for the statue of a god or goddess worshipped in the ... The 2,800-year-old monument had “symbols of important deities” carved onto ...

Minerva, as one of the Capitoline Triad, was worshipped as goddess of craftsmanship ... helmet and carrying a spear. Her other symbols included the owl, for wisdom, and olive branch, for victory.

Early depictions of spiders tend to be sympathetic: Ovid’s account of Arachne, the virtuoso weaver changed into a spider by the goddess Minerva ... from foes, or symbols of the universe.

Hundreds of teachers have lined up at the St Stanislaus College on Brickdam to collect the $100,000 cash grant announced by the government. The distribution started this morning at the Ministry of ...