Did you ever wonder how a spider spins a silk web? Today, we have a scientific answer to this question. However, in the early days of Rome, people lacked the knowledge to provide scientific answers to this and many other questions. They explained natural events in terms of stories about gods, goddesses, and heroes called myths. Most myths concern gods or goddesses that had powers far greater than any human. But in spite of their …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…how people developed a particular social system with its many customs and ways of life. For thousands of years, mythology has provided material for much of the world's great art. Myths and mythological characters have inspired masterpieces of architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. As you can see by examining Minerva, she had many roles in Roman mythology including human-like characteristics such as anger, wisdom and high intellectual skills even though these can be contradictory.