http://vincentbridges.com/2001/09/22/the-goddess-columbia-adventures-in-the-ghost-capital/ The Extraordinary Temple of High Weirdness Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://vincentbridges.com/2001/09/22/the-goddess-columbia-adventures-in-the-ghost-capital/#comment-7626 Grand Army Plaza « Dulce et Decorum Sun, 11 May 2008 17:52:17 +0000 http://vincentbridges.com/2001/09/22/the-goddess-columbia-adventures-in-the-ghost-capital/#comment-7626 [...] Interestingly enough, when I first saw the arch two years ago, I assumed that the female figure in the chariot was Minerva-Athena, the Greco-Roman goddess of war and wisdom. However, the wikipedia article on I read on the Arch called her Columbia. I had never heard the name in reference to a personage, so I did a Boolean search on Google and found a VERY interesting blog article: [...] […] Interestingly enough, when I first saw the arch two years ago, I assumed that the female figure in the chariot was Minerva-Athena, the Greco-Roman goddess of war and wisdom. However, the wikipedia article on I read on the Arch called her Columbia. I had never heard the name in reference to a personage, so I did a Boolean search on Google and found a VERY interesting blog article: […]

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