Re: [tied] why did romans and greeks have had the same gods?

From: simona
Message: 13859
Date: 2002-06-17

As I remember , this God is  the "God Father", but still I can't remember anything about him and his attribures, iif I may say so; if anyone has more knowledge about him,. please tell us about!
 
With all due respect,
Tara
----- Original Message -----
From: dvjx1
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] why did romans and greeks have had the same gods?

Wasn't there an Indian god 'Dyashpitar' or something
similar?
I assume this god is somehow connected with Jupiter and Zeus.

David James


--- In cybalist@......, Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@......>
wrote:
> The Old Roman religion and mythology were strongly affected by
Etruscan and Greek influences, especially after the semi-legendary
establishment of the Capitoline triad (Jupiter, Juno and Minerva) and
the purchase of the Sibylline Books from the Greek oracle at Cumae --
both attributed to the house of the Tarquins (in the 6th c. BC). The
Etruscans themselves absorbed many traits of Greek culture (including
religion), passing them on to their Italic neighbours and subjects.
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> Eventually, all the major Roman gods and goddesses were identified
with the Greek ones (often changing their functions in the process,
and becoming more anthropomorphic: Juno : Hera, Ma[vo]rs : Ares,
Diana : Artemis), and new deities were introduced to fill any
remaining gaps in the pantheon. Heroes such as Hercules, Castor and
Pollux were imported too. However, the Romans retained a host of
minor "specialist" divinities of native origin and pieces of old
ritual even after their religion had been rather thouroughly
Hellenised.
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> If you consider the etymologies of the oldest Roman theonyms, very
few of them have Greek counterparts (Iuppiter : Zeus pater, Vesta :
Hestia); moreover, despite the cognacy of their names they were not
functionally equivalent in all their aspects. The Greeks and the
Romans certainly didn't have "the same" gods from the beginning.
>
> Piotr
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