We cannot better conclude our account of this important Deity, than by the following epigram, written under one of his statues.
"Whoe'er thou art, thy master see,
Who was, or is,—or is to be."
Voltaire.
M I N E R V A.
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Minerva, the Goddess of wisdom, war, and all the liberal arts, came forth, armed and grown up, from her father's brain, and was immediately admitted into the association of the Gods, becoming one of the most faithful counsellors of her father. She was indeed the only one of all the divinities whose authority, and consequence, were equal to those of Jupiter.
"From Jove's awful head sprang forth to light,