Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 20: roman myth part1

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Red area: latium (get the name "latin" from this place) Green area: greek colonized italian peninsula during archaic period. Nodding because these gods meant to accept requests from humans. Janus ("gate"): a numen of doors, bridges, entrances/crossing. Lares: group of numina associated with household (and later the city); ancestral spirits and protector of household members (past and present) Penates: protectors of storehouse (the wealth/prosperity of a household), household property. Sacrificium: ("making sacred") a transfer of goods into the ownership of a numen, who was expected to give something in return. Etruscans were a culturally sophisticated and politically powerful nation. Dominated large part of italian peninsular until roman (latium) revolt of 509 bce. They are the source of names of several roman gods. They are also source of many roman rituals and superstitions. Two babies underneath are not in the same style of the wolf, they are roman. Archaic period - greek colonization of southern italy.