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What is the Roman name of Athena?
A
Minerva
B
Diana
C
Neptune
D
Venus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -5. Athena or Minerva. Ares’ half-sister is the Greek goddess Athena. Goddess of reason, handicraft, wisdom, and war, she is the daughter of Zeus and according to legend, sprang fully grown from his forehead, dressed in armour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Originally, Minerva was an Italian goddess of handicrafts closely associated to the Greek goddess Athena. The scholarly consensus, however, is that Minerva was indigenous, passing to the Romans from the Etruscan goddess Menrva, and that her name derives from meminisse, meaning ‘to remember’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

Detailed explanation-4: -This brought with it the powerful influences of Greek religion and its deities. One of the most powerful of these was between Athena, Greek goddess of war, and Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom and war. While these two shared similarities, they were also tailored to represent their respective cultures.

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