INTRODUCTION TO WORLD CIVILIZATION (DÜNYA MEDENİYETLERİNE GİRİŞ) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi The Roman Civilization soru detayı:
SORU: What deities did Romans absorb by the third century BCE?
What deities did Romans absorb by the third century BCE?
CEVAP: As the Republic aged, the public religion grew to absorb more cosmopolitan, especially Greek, ideas of the deities. Thus, among the prominent gods of the later Republic years were six male gods: Jupiter, the all- important sky god, resembled the Zeus of Greece. Other male gods included Neptune (Poseidon to the Greeks), Mars (Ares to the Greeks), Apollo (he had the same name in both cultures), Vulcan (Hephaistos to the Greeks), and Mercury (Hermes to the Greeks). There were also six female gods, starting with Juno, who, based on the Etruscan belief, was a moon goddess and originally stood as a representation of women but evolved to become more like the Greek Hera, wife of Zeus. Joining her were Minerva (Athena to the Greeks), Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks), Diana (Artemis), Vesta (Hestia to the Greeks), and Ceres (Demeter to the Greeks). These gods would protect human beings who respected and honored them, the Romans thought.
As the Republic aged, the public religion grew to absorb more cosmopolitan, especially Greek, ideas of the deities. Thus, among the prominent gods of the later Republic years were six male gods: Jupiter, the all- important sky god, resembled the Zeus of Greece. Other male gods included Neptune (Poseidon to the Greeks), Mars (Ares to the Greeks), Apollo (he had the same name in both cultures), Vulcan (Hephaistos to the Greeks), and Mercury (Hermes to the Greeks). There were also six female gods, starting with Juno, who, based on the Etruscan belief, was a moon goddess and originally stood as a representation of women but evolved to become more like the Greek Hera, wife of Zeus. Joining her were Minerva (Athena to the Greeks), Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks), Diana (Artemis), Vesta (Hestia to the Greeks), and Ceres (Demeter to the Greeks). These gods would protect human beings who respected and honored them, the Romans thought.