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Re: Neolithic Settlement

Jun 05, 2013, 18:24

Mr t, you’re still missing the point.

We all know that one of the manifestations of Minerva was as a deity of healing - that’s not in dispute. The question is whether the baths were dedicated to her as such (and not dedicated to her in one or more of her other manifestations). You still have not provided evidence for that, and you continue to skip over the fact that the official Roman Bath website (which you yourself supplied) does not mention that the springs (at Bath) were dedicated to her in that role. The links you supply are simply saying (to quote one) that the “Celtic shrine was taken over and the goddess Sulis was identified with the Roman goddess Minerva as a healing deity.” Yes, again, we know that she was a healing deity. We also know that she was the goddess primarily of other things and, by extension, has an equal claim in the dedication stakes from that perspective.

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