Re: Swiftness of Indra

After contact with Greek religion, Jupiter became a
clone of Zeus. Before contact with Greek religion,
Roman religion was based on nature spirits and
reverence to ancestors
Afterwards, it virtually merged with Greek religion
Read the Wikipedia sites on Roman Mythology, Etruscan
Mythology, et al.
I'm guessing you've never read anything about these

--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

> You are always full of specious generalizations
> straight out of Wiki.
>
> Well, you can show I am wrong by discussing briefly
> what changed in the
> Roman conception of Jupiter after contact with the
> Greeks.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Swiftness of Indra
>
>
> > Yes they did, only they called him Jupiter. After
> > intense contact with the Greeks, their concept of
> > Jupiter was essentially the same as the Greek
> concept
> > of Zeus. Given that the names are cognate, there
> was
> > no need to rename Jupiter.
> > My understanding is that Roman religion was quite
> > different before they assimilated Greek culture.
> >
> > --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> > > To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:56 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Swiftness of Indra
> > >
> > > > Sure they did. After contact with the Greeks
> --at
> > > > first through Etruscan; the Roman pantheon
> became
> > > a
> > > > mirror image of Olympus
> > > > They remodeled their gods on Greek models and
> even
> > > > adopted Greek deities wholesale --e.g. Apollo,
> > > > Bacchus, Pluto (whose realm was Hades)
> > > >
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > Sure they did not!
> > >
> > > But that is not the point. I have tried to get
> > > through to you that my
> > > remarks concerned supreme gods.
> > >
> > > Did the Romans worship Zeus?
> > >
> > > Not everyone is rootless, Rick.
> > >
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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