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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