CLA204H1 Lecture 11: Roman Myths
Document Summary
Myth of meneas has he is escaping troy. Rome"s cultural debt to greece: art, literature, religion: syncretism (take one aspect of one culture and find the equivalent in another culture e. g. find one god and relate it to another god. ), mythology: roman interpretation: they just repeat greek myths + their entire culture, rome conquered greeks but greeks conquered roman hearts. Romans myths: no creation and little divine myth (assimilated to greek, foundation myth of rome. How rome was established: early legend / history = heroes. Not anthromorphic --- see their gods as spiritual essences. Take all his stories + attributes on how to depict him as a human being. Adopt a lot of the mythology and make it their own. Homeric hymn to aphrodite = based on greek mythology: sleeps with diomedes and has achilles. Giving aeneas a more important role than the greeks. Aeneas is saved by his mom, aphrodite.
