CLCV 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Philhellenism, Lavinium, Roman Mythology
12 Dec 2016
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The contact between the romans and greeks allowed them to see similarities between their gods from. This seemingly happens very early in rome"s history around the 6th c. bc. Cult of ceres, liber and libera in sicily (5th c. bc) Rome annexes sicily as a province in 4th c. Roman cults with traditionally greek rites: ex. Romans were regularly introducing new cults into the city: ex. Rights were identical to those as ephesus. There was no set pantheon of gods, embraced new gods. Unlike the greeks, who resisted new gods. The romans were fond of consulting oracles: oracle at delphi, oracle at didyma, sibylline books. Consulted them in matters of war, religion, etc: ex. Romans claimed they were descendent from aeneas. Fled troy and arrived in italy, married the daughter of the king of lavinium. The import of any new god into rome required an oracle to be consulted: sibylline books, oracles at delphi or didyma.
