The Taming of the Shrew

How is Lucentio feeling when he mentions "Minerva"?

Act I, Scene I

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Minerva is actually Athena, the Roman goddess of wisdom. Lucentio thinks that because Bianca is silent and likes books, she is somehow in tune with his own intellectual abilities.

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