Minerva

II

Her image was stolen from Troy, illustrating the failure of pagan gods to protect their own.

Chapter X: The Malice of Devils in Permitting False Crimes to Be Laid to Their Charge

Referenced as part of the Greek pantheon whose character influenced the tolerance of stage vices.

VII

Minerva's statue is said to have been found standing uninjured amidst the ruins of her temple after the destruction.

Whether Rome ought to have been entrusted to the Trojan gods?

Her image remained standing during Fimbria's destruction of Troy, questioning the gods' presence.

Of the temple of Concord, which was erected by a decree of the senate on the scene of these seditions and massacres.

Implied as one of the three goddesses in the Judgment of Paris, contributing to the discord that destroyed Troy.

Chapter X: The Absurdity of Assigning Multiple Gods to Different Parts of the World

Questioned regarding her place in the Capitol and her origin from Jove's head; her role among the gods is critiqued.

Concerning the many gods whom the pagan doctors defend as being one and the same Jove

Listed among the deities that are said to be Jupiter in learning

Chapter XXI

Listed among the gods whose instruction is rendered unnecessary by virtue.

X

Minerva is referenced alongside Juno, with women arranging her hair and holding mirrors in the Capitol.

Chapter III: How there is no reason which can be shown for the selection of certain gods, when the administration of more exalted offices is assigned to many inferior gods.

Select goddess of memory and arts, contrasted with lesser gods like Mena.

XXVIII

Varro makes Minerva signify the ideas (Platonic forms), but later assigns her to the earth, contradicting his own scheme.

VII

Mentioned as a goddess in Homer, but Apuleius interprets her as a demon in poetical fiction.

Chapter VIII: Who Were Kings When Moses Was Born, and What Gods Began to Be Worshipped Then

Worshipped as a goddess; appeared in virgin age at the lake Triton in the times of Ogyges.

The Founding of Athens and Varro's Account of Its Name

Goddess who competed with Neptune for the naming of Athens; won by women's votes.

Of the rituals of false gods instituted by the kings of Greece in the period from Israel’s exodus from Egypt down to the death of Joshua the son of Nun

Goddess associated with Ericthonius; games were instituted in her honor with the olive as prize.