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Menrva

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Menrva pictured on a Roman As from Etruria

Menrva is the Etruscan goddess of war, art, wisdom and health. She was often associated with the Greek goddess Athena.[1] She was the precursor of the Roman Minerva.

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  1. The process, by analogy with interpretatio graeca, was termed interpretatio etrusca by L.B. van der Meer, Interpretatio Etrusca': Greek Myths on Etruscan Mirrors(Amsterdam) 1995.