She is regarded as the first inventress of the art of cultivating the earth. […] He presided over music, eloquence, medicine, poetry, divination, the fine arts, and archery. […] Minerva benefitted mankind with many inventions: those of the fine arts, the use of oil, the art of spinning, and that of adorning tapestry. […] He first invented the art of grinding corn, and kneading and baking bread. […] He invented the art of burying and honouring the dead with funeral obsequies.