HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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The Romans told myths aboutGreek gods
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The Romans identified theirgods with Greek gods.
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The Romans wrote completelynew myths.
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The Romans learned Greekmyths from the Phoenicians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greek religion had the most impact on Rome; the Romans essentially adopted their gods and goddesses from the Greeks, meaning they shared similar roles and responsibilities. For example, the Greek Hades became the Roman Pluto, god of the underworld. The Romans were also inspired by Greek Art.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although Greek Gods are arguably better known, Greek and Roman mythology often have the same Gods with different names because many Roman Gods are borrowed from Greek mythology, often with different traits. For example, Cupid is the Roman god of love and Eros is the Greek god of love.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roman gods and goddesses were named after objects and did not possess a gender, whereas Greek gods were decided by human characteristics and traits. As Greek gods predated Roman gods, Roman mythology would take the Greek deity and assign a Roman object that would fit the description of the Greek god.
Detailed explanation-5: -It is difficult to know when Greek mythology started, as it is believed to have stemmed from centuries of oral tradition. It is likely that Greek myths evolved from stories told in the Minoan civilization of Crete, which flourished from about 3000 to 1100 BCE.