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When and how did the Greek mythos transfer to the Romans?
My impression is that they are nearly identical, so I want to know when, why and how did the Roman people adopt the Greek Mythos? Did they bring it with them? … If this belief is false, please point out where the Roman mythology differs from the Greek and why that is significant enough to say they are different religions. …
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When and how did the Greek mythos transfer to the Romans?
Their counterparts could be found in various Indo-European mythologies, including the Germanic Týr, the Baltic Dievas, and the Vedic Dyaus Pita. … In this way, the Etruscans bequeathed notable Greek influence on their own mythology to the Romans.
For instance, the Etruscan Menrva passed on influences from the Greek Athena to the Roman Minerva. …
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Why does looking at Medusa with a mirror work?
When her head was cut off, there sprang from the Gorgon the winged horse Pegasus and Chrysaor, the father of Geryon; these she had by Poseidon. … Now Pegasus flew away and left the earth, the mother of flocks, and came to the deathless gods: and he dwells in the house of Zeus and brings to wise Zeus the thunder and lightning
Source: Hes. …
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What is the difference between a God and a Titan?
In Greek mythology, the words "Titan" and "God" seem to be used interchangeably. For example, Zeus is a God, but Cronus (his father) was a Titan. … So what is the difference between a Titan and a God in Greek mythology? …
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What is the world's oldest joke?
According to Paul McDonald at the University of Wolverhampton, it's this 3900-year-old one, from 1900BC in Sumeria:
Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young
woman did not …
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Are Excalibur and Caliburn different swords?
The Sword in the Stone, and the one from the Lake, may or may not be the same sword.
Clarent is not Excalibur, and is a different sword, wielded by King Arthur at points (and later, Mordred). … It may be the Sword in the Stone, but is not the sword from the Lady in the Lake. …
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Did any Greek mythological hero father a son who surpassed him in fame?
The greatest heroes do have heroic fathers as well:
Peleus was king of the Myrmidons, a member of the Argonauts, and participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. … Laërtes was king of the Cephallenians, a member of the Argonauts, and participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He was surpassed by his son, Odysseus. …
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Are Excalibur and Caliburn different swords?
It is not clear to me whether these two swords are the same entity (at minimum, the names are clearly cognate), or whether they refer to different things. … In particular, is either/both of these swords the sword that Arthur pulled from the stone? And is either/both the sword that Arthur received from the Lady of the Lake? …
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Why were there exactly 12 main Olympian Gods?
systems was widespread at the time and it's actually the first systems used in arithmetics. … For example, Pythagoras, the classical mathematics genius, teacher, and leader of a pagan religious movement, taught that the number 12 had divine, profound mystical meaning.
The Divine Number 12 …
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What is the world's oldest joke?
What is the world's oldest joke? I mean the earliest known story, set of affairs, or action that people spread to other people in order to cause the receivers to be amused. …
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What is the earliest known dragon myth?
The myth of dragons can be found in many different traditions, with the major two being the European dragon and the Chinese dragon. … As you can see, the Chinese historian in the article discovered these dinosaur fossils in the 4th century B.C., however, when (and where) did the earliest known myth of 'dragons' originate? …
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Why were there exactly 12 main Olympian Gods?
Did the ancient Greeks believe that the number 12 symbolized everything? Was it random that there were 12 Olympian gods and no more (or less)? …
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What is the difference between a God and a Titan?
later usurp, as the Titans usurped the primordial gods before them. … (For more information on this concept of change in dominant deities, read up on the theory of The Golden Age, particularly that of Hesiod, who also wrote the only surviving account of the Titans in his …
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Why was it a good thing that hope remained in Pandora's box?
Then, she closed the box before hope could escape, so that hope remained within the box.
Does this mean that the world doesn't have hope, though (since it's still stuck in the box)? … I thought that the "moral" of the story, so to speak, was that even though there's all this evil out in the world, there's still hope, so not all is lost. …
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Where did the Roman gods live?
The ancient Greek gods lived on the famous Mount Olympus, which is an actual mountain in Greece. … The Romans borrowed quite a bit of mythology from the Greeks, so I at first assumed that the Roman gods lived somewhere similar, if not in the exact same place (though perhaps with the mountain renamed …
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