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<blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 278100" data-attributes="member: 426">Joshua,I know that Roman mythology exists independently of Greek mythology.&nbsp; (I have read the Golden Bough.) To me, the amusing thing was the degree that Rome -- center of military might - tried to draw parallels between itself and Greece.&nbsp; There was a lot of identification of deities and adoption of deities.&nbsp; To a certain extent, I think the Romans wanted to establish themselves as the logical successors to the civilized Greeks.&nbsp; So, adopting and adapting their culture was logical.&nbsp; So, the old saying that Rome conquered Greece, but that Greek culture nearly conquered Rome has some degree of truth.&nbsp; (Overtime, the distinctions blurred, and some Roman deities such as Quirinius became increasingly identified with other gods.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is not too surprising, as Apollo took the place of Helios in Greek mythology.&nbsp; Egyptian mythology, also changed over time.)Hmm, I wondered if the Greeks thought imitation was the sincerest form of flattery?As&nbsp; for mystery cults, they were quite prominent in room. Cybele and Mithras, especially.&nbsp; As for priests with elective offices, a possible fantasy compromise is to have all candidates be priests of the deity in question.&nbsp; The winner can be chosen by the traditional process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Ronald, post: 278100, member: 426"] Joshua, I know that Roman mythology exists independently of Greek mythology. (I have read the Golden Bough.) To me, the amusing thing was the degree that Rome -- center of military might - tried to draw parallels between itself and Greece. There was a lot of identification of deities and adoption of deities. To a certain extent, I think the Romans wanted to establish themselves as the logical successors to the civilized Greeks. So, adopting and adapting their culture was logical. So, the old saying that Rome conquered Greece, but that Greek culture nearly conquered Rome has some degree of truth. (Overtime, the distinctions blurred, and some Roman deities such as Quirinius became increasingly identified with other gods. This is not too surprising, as Apollo took the place of Helios in Greek mythology. Egyptian mythology, also changed over time.) Hmm, I wondered if the Greeks thought imitation was the sincerest form of flattery? As for mystery cults, they were quite prominent in room. Cybele and Mithras, especially. As for priests with elective offices, a possible fantasy compromise is to have all candidates be priests of the deity in question. The winner can be chosen by the traditional process. [/QUOTE]

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