She was the virgin goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, and magic. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl usually named as the  owl of Minerva , which symbolizes that she is connected to wisdom.
After his death, Handel's Italian operas fell into obscurity, except for selections such as the aria from Serse,  Ombra mai fu . FÃ¹ the oratorios continued to be performed but not long After'handel s death they were thought to need some, modernisation And mozart orchestrated A german version Of messiah and other. works
By 1741 George Frideric Handel was a failure. Bankrupted, in great physical pain, and the victim of plots to sabotage his career, the once-great opera composer scheduled a farewell appearance in London in April. To the London elite, it looked like this German nincompoop, as he was once called, was through.