Doydora, Hazel C. ACT.

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BSED – 2B Mrs: Judy Cagas

A. Answer the given question briefly.

1. Why do we study Roman Myth?
- Because it is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome’s
legendary origins and religious system as represented in the literature and
visual arts of the Romans. It may also refer to the modern study of these
representation, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and
arts of other cultures in any period.
2. What are the distinctive features of Roman Myth?
- The distinctive features of Roman Myth are often political or moral, that is,
they deal with the development of Roman government in accordance with
divine law, as expressed individual’s adherence to moral expectation or
failure to do so.
3. What are the contributions of Ovid to Roman Myth?
- The contribution of the Ovid to Roman Myth are his several penned works
centering on both Roman Myth and Religions like “Ars Amatoria”, “Epistulae
ex Ponto”, “Remedies for Love”, “Fasti”, “Tristia”, “Epistles of the Heroines”
and “The Loves”.
4. How important is Virgil in the Roman Myth? Cite 5 – 10 reasons to support your
answer.
- Virgil is very important in the Roman Myth because he documented and
extended the mythological heritage of the ancient Mediterranean to gives us
long-lasting and iconic figures such as Aeneas, Vesta, Janus, and the twin
founders of Rome itself, Romulus and Remus.
5. How does Greek Myth influence Roman Myth?
- The Greek Myth influenced Roman Myth through their tales like Homer’s Iliad
and Odyssey and Hesiod’s Theogony that has been passed down through the
generations, first through the spoken word, and finally written down c. 8 th
century BCE. When Rome was founded in the 8 th century BCE, many of the
Greek city-states were already well-established. Greece even had founded
colonies on the Italian peninsula and Sicily. Centuries later, after the four
Macedonian Wars, these colonies would become a part of the early Roman
Republic. This contact with Greece, specifically with Greek religion and
mythology had a lasting effect on the Rome and its people. Rome was able to
adopt much that defined Greece: art, philosophy, literature, and drama.
Mythology, however, had to be adapted to reflect a Roman set of values. The
influence of Greek Myths was seen everywhere in Rome; in the architecture,
subject matter, and adornments of sculptures, temples, and mosaics.
 B. List of Roman myths gods and goddesses with their Greek equivalent using any graphic
organizer applicable in 1 page only.

JUPITER / ZEUS JUNO / HERA

He is the King
of gods. Son of
Saturn, brother of
Neptune. Pluto and
Juno are his wives. He
is a God of Sky and
Thunder an a Patron
god of Rome.
She is a Queen of NEPTUNE/POSEIDON
gods and goddesses.
The wife and sister of He is the brother
Jupiter. Daughter of of Jupiter, Pluto and
Saturn, sister of Neptune Juno. He is the God of
and Pluto. Mother of freshwater and the sea,
Juventas, Mars, and earthquakes, hurricane
Vulcan. Protector of and horses. Often
Rome’s women and she depicted of his trident.
was the patron goddess
of Rome.

PLUTO / HADES MINERVA / ATHENA

The God of the She is the
Underworld and the goddess of wisdom,
Dead. He is also the arts, trade and
God of Wealth and strategy. She is born
precious metals from the head of
hidden in the earth. Jupiter after he
He is the abductor of impregnated his sister
Persephone. Metis.

APOLLO
DIANA / ARTEMIS
He is the god of
music, healing, light She is the
and truth. He is the ROMAN goddess of the hunt,
Archerer, son of MYTHOLOGY GODS the moon and birth.
Jupiter and Latona, AND GODDESSES She is the daughter
twin of Diana. He is of Jupiter and
one and only of a few Latona. The twin of
Roman Gods who Apollo.
kept the same name
as his Greek
counterparts. VESTA / HESTIA

VULCAN / She is the

HEPAESTUS goddess of heart,
home and family.
He is the god of She is the sacred fire
fire, volcanoes, metal of the Vestal Virgins
work and forge. He is and the daughter of
the maker of the Saturn and Ops.
weapons of gods.
MERCURY / HERMES MARS / ARES
VENUS / He is the god of He is the god of
APHRODITE profit, trade, eloquence, War, son of Juno and
communication, travel, the guardian of
She is the
trickery and thieves. He Agriculture. He is the
goddess of love,
is the son of Maia and embodiment of virility
beauty, fertility, sex,
Jupiter. He is the guide and aggression. He is
desire and prosperity.
of the dead souls to the father of Romulus
She is the mother of
Underworld. – founder of Rome.
the Roman people
and is the patron of