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[allaboutmyths]

Update on things: I’m currently taking Ancient Rome at my college, and I plan to write a paper on the similarities between Turnus and Mark Antony (and going further, how they were both destined to loose their respective wars), so since I’ll be doing a lot of research, doing a comparison between Roman vs Greek gods shouldn’t be that much more work, right????

[allaboutmyths]

If I need to do a series of posts going through various myths/deities and showing how their Greek and Roman counterparts differ I will gladly do so

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You’re free to dislike Hera, but I’ll be over here showing my undying support of the Queen of the Gods, Hera Alexandros

[allaboutmyths]

How do you feel about Rick Riordan's characterization of the Greek vs Roman gods?

It’s been years since I read either Percy Jackson or the Heroes of Olympus follow up series. Due to this, my memory of the characterizations is very, very fuzzy. But what I do remember is that he went along the route of “The Roman gods are just Greek ones with different names” and clearly that rubs me the wrong way.

From what I remember as a kid, they mostly felt a bit bland and boring. I can definitely tell he did his research, but as a kid who had studied myths long before every picking up Percy Jackson, there was always something a bit lacking in the characterizations. If I had to try and pinpoint what it is that bothered me, it’s that they all felt rather one-note. There were attempts to give them depth but they all fell pretty flat for me, even then.

I didn’t particularly care from Kronos as a villain, but it made sense. Gaia, though...now that bothers me to this day.

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Current feelings are pretty low, so my motivation to work on anything is basically shit. But never fear, I fully intend to make a comparison between at the very least: The Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juno and Minverva to Zeus, Hera and Athena) The Aventine Triad (Liber, Libera and Ceres to Dionysus, Ariadne/Persephone and Demeter) Also: Saturn to Kronus, hopefully expand upon Mars to Ares, and maybe Dis Pater to Hades I will keep you all updated about when to expect comparisons

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If you had time to, that would be absolutely fascinating to see the differences between the greek and roman gods!

I absolutely want to do it! Because I’ve said “oh, Roman mythology isn’t the same as Greek” but the only solid example I have at the moment is Mars.I’m already thinking about who I should do, and my first thought would be Juno.I also feel like I should put more effort into this and actually provide sources, to properly show evidence things I’m talking about.

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Update on comparisons: I am still planning on doing them, but unfortunately life has left me little time to do much proper research. I will be taking at least one course this semester (Ancient Rome because I am nothing if not predictable, and it’s likely still gonna be open on the 12 when I can register as a non-matriculated student). I will hopefully have more time soon, but who knows given current circumstances.

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If you wanna be Ariadne go for it! :O

a;sdlfj Listen, she’s my absolute favorite, I love her with all my heart.Don’t get me wrong, I love Persephone, Andromache (seriously, I feel like she’s so under represented and I love her!!!!), and Athena (in fact, long, long ago she was my icon), but Ariadne takes my heart above all others. Including Medea, who happens to be the subject to probably my favorite Euripides play. Who, it should be noted, is my favorite Ancient Greek Tragedian. But I cannot seem to let Ariadne go. Her story is fascinating to me----a princess, probably raised from birth to become high priestess in the Minoan cult. She takes pity on an Athenian, despite the fact that she knows he will likely kill her brother, and she helps him. Abandoned on Naxos.But I think the best part is the fact that Ariadne’s story does not end there. Dionysus finds her, and perhaps they don’t get along at first, but they learn to love each other. She becomes his consort, and he puts her wedding diadem in the stars, and she is immortal.