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Why is there Greek and Roman Mythology if they have most of the same gods?
Roman mythology was syncretized from Greek mythology.
AEneas was a Greek prince during the Trojan war, the war between two Greek city-states.
When AEneas left a defeated Troy he and his followers left Troy and traveled to Latium [Italy] where he settled and eventually his descendats founded Rome. Greek culture and religion thus traveled from Greece to Rome.
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Irulan Serena
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Able to answer any question dealing with Greco-Roman mythology. Experience comes from teaching classical literature in all levels of the school curriculum from middle school to university level for thirty-eight years.
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