Re[2]: [tied] Re: Swiftness of Indra

At 1:29:28 PM on Friday, March 7, 2008, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>

[...]

>> Roman religion was originally quite different from
>> Greek religion --at least as different as Germanic,
>> Indian, etc. were from Greek

> Absolutely untrue.

> As Joao and I have told you: they both stem from a common
> source.

In part, yes; but so do Latin and Greek, which can
legitimately be described as 'quite different'.
[...]

> Greek and Roman religion resembled each other long before
> they came into regular contact.

In some respects, yes; in others they were quite different.
For example, virtually all connected narratives about the
Roman deities are of Greek origin.

Brian