Sociology 2205A/B Lecture 10: Monday February 24 Lecture Roman Religion.docx
25 Feb 2015
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Temple of vesta (forum, rome: goddess of rome, aligns itself with tradition of greek architecture. Monday february 24, 2014: columns synonymous with greek architecture and temple construction, forum: in public. Insight to roman religion: native roman institutions profoundly influenced by the greeks, no roman myth, just greek myth. Greek myth told by romans: names adapt to roman context, equivalency among gods, standard way to represent greek names. Native roman myth is very rare: early roman history, stories of roman heroes and gods doing things independent of greek story are almost non-existent. Roman gods not represented by people: reason we do not have the same vigorous tradition of myth, greek gods can be represented by actors in stories, extreme compartmentalization. Greeks think of things in a wide spectrum range of ideas. Filing things under specific labels : precise gods, farmer thinks of things in categories. Pomona what growing things generate that you can eat fruit.
