Transcript Romans - Fort Thomas Independent Schools

Greek Gods/Mythology
ANCIENT GREECE
http://marketersupport.com/wky-greekmythology-family-tree-for-kids.html
Roman gods
Similarities between Greek
And
Roman Gods
- Many of the beliefs and practices of the Greeks were adopted by the Romans.
-A similarity between the two mythologies is that the symbols and designations of powers are
the same in the two.
-The Romans had borrowed many things from the Greeks
-The religion of the Romans was a polytheistic religion which incorporated the worship of many
gods and much of which was taken from the Greek religion.
-They each have their own sets of gods and goddesses.
- The Romans borrowed many aspects of Greek mythology and incorporated it into their own
religion.
Differences between Greek Gods
And
Roman Gods
-Greek Gods and Roman Gods have different war gods. Ares is the Greek war god and
Mars is the Roman war god.
- Roman deities dominated the Greek deities.
- They have different gods. The Greek Gods are Hades, Hera, Haphaestus, Dionysus, Ares,
Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Zeus and Demeter.
- The Roman Gods are Ceres, Pluto, Mercury, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Neptune, Liber, Vesta
and Jupiter are some of the Roman gods known in Roman mythology.
Citations
http://www.kean.edu/~eslprog/accents/2003/page2003_7.
html
http://www.helium.com/items/1172195-a-look-at-thedifferences-and-similarities-between-greek-and-romangods
http://www.roman-colosseum.info/romangods/index.htm
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/religio
n-miscellaneous/difference-between-greek-gods-androman-gods/
://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-greek-godsand-vs-httproman-gods/#ixzz1np9epWkd