From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 54845
Date: 2008-03-07
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:50 PM
Subject: 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
>
>
>