Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, was widely worshipped. […] mild blushing goddess, hail! […] In vain the goddess strove to catch the concealed meaning of this answer. […] The gods, in pity for her sufferings, changed her into the goddess Leucothea and her son into a sea deity by the name of Palæmon. […] Her manifold cares were shared by her daughter, Proserpina (Cora, Pherephatta, Persephone), the goddess of vegetation.