CLAS 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Indigetes, Sancus, Dounreay

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

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Chapter 26: roman mythology and saga: roman religion and mythology had their roots among pre-roman italian peoples, for example, the sabines and etruscans. Italian gods were not originally anthropomorphic like greek gods, with whom they became identified: saturnus (cronus) Jupiter: the italian sky-god was jupiter, whose principal temple was dedicated on the capitoline. Jupiter caused a shield to fall from heaven into rome as a talisman of roman power: along with eleven other ancilia, it was kept in the regia, the official quarters of the pontifex. Maximus, the head of roman state religion: as jupiter latiaris, jupiter was chief god of the latin tribes, and as the god associated with. Aeneas: minerva, also a pre-roman goddess, minerva was brought to rome by the etruscans and identified with athena in her attributes and functions, especially as goddess of activities requiring intelligence. She was patroness of craftspeople and of schoolchildren; her festival was the.