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#16
I vote Mars. Simply a nod to my belingerent side. On the subject of which, that God Quiz was "easy". Wink
Quote:You are Mars, God of War

Only the fearless would want to get on the wrong side of you. Mars was the God of Conflict and Aggression, traits which you seem proud to exhibit - and why not? No one's going to argue with you are they? For you there is only black and white, right and wrong and nothing's going to change your mind. You are unpredictable and volatile and you like things that way!
Not entirely accurate, but what the heck?

Then again, I'm a pagan, so I can vote however I wish.

Anyways, I have a question: the Romans adopted most of their gods from the Greek, but how much did the gods change? Did the Romans "reinvent" them, or merely adopt them and rename them?
"There are some who call me... Tim..."

Sic vis pacem, para bellum

Exitus acta probat

Nemo saltat sobrius

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Fortes Fortuna Aduvat

"The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek!"
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#17
ACCURATE god/ goddess quiz My results:
Quote: You scored as a Apollo
Apollo is the god of music, poetry, light, and the truth. He was Artemis's/Diana's twin brother.


Apollo 96%

Pan/Fannus 80% Huh? I HATE PAN :twisted:

Hepheastus/Vulcan 79%

Athena/Minerva 75%

Poseidon/Neptune 71%

Dionysus/Bacchus 67%

Helios/Sol 67%

Hermes/Mercury 67% PRANKS RULE :twisted:

Artemis/Diana 59%

Demeter/Ceres 59%

Hestia/Vesta 54%

Ares/Mars 50% WAR!!!!!!!! :twisted:

Zeus/Jupiter 50%

Hades/Pluto 42%

Hera/Juno 38%

Aphrodite/Venus 38% Praise Jupiter she's at the bottom (Just a romanism, I'm christian, no, I'm not antipagan)
Dan/Anastasios of Sparta/Gaius Statilius Rusticus/ Gaius Germanicus Augustus Flavius Romulus Caesar Tiberius Caelius (Imperator :twisted: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_twisted.gif" alt=":twisted:" title="Twisted Evil" />:twisted: )
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Real men have Triremes and Chariots 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) !
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#18
My first inclination was Bacchus/Dionysus, because I understand the idea of reaching the primal core of your soul, as taught in the Dionysian Mysteries. And drumming circles and raves, like they did, never fail to move me. Sometimes after a day of red tape and hectic city life, I just want to run and howl :lol: But since I'm not such a good sprinter, and I usually like order and sense, I voted for Jupiter. And guess what? That's where the test had me. Check it out.

You are Jupiter, King of the Gods

A natural leader, you resemble the ruler of the ancient Roman deities. Jupiter was God of Law, and like him you like structure and order in your life. Above all else, you need to feel in control, and when you don't, you're also not afraid of hurling down the odd thunderbolt to assert your authority. People respect you, even if they are just a tad afraid of you!

Now, I don't consider myself a leader. But in situations like focus groups, commitees and such, I tend to keep things moving along when it bogs down. If only so I can be done with it and leave Smile Also I have a tendency to try and improve things, get people to add their ideas, then try to work with it. And, I naturally assume things should be ordered, efficient and purposeful, and get annoyed when it isn't. So, yeah, that is fairly accurate.

On the other test, I came out as Minerva/Athena. I can see that, as I value wisdom, especially as I get older. But this whole King thing...yeah. Now build me a temple! :lol:
---AH Mervla, aka Joel Boynton
Legio XIIII, Gemina Martia Victrix
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#19
I can't resist adding to the havoc.

Quote:You scored as a Hades/Pluto

Hades/Pluto is the god of the underworld and death. He kidnapped and married his niece, Persephone/Proserpina.

Hades/Pluto 100%

Demeter/Ceres 100%

Dionysus/Bacchus 92%

Zeus/Jupiter 88%

Hephaestus/Vulcan 88%

Poseidon/Neptune 79%

Apollo 79%

Athena/Minerva 75%

Ares/Mars 75%

Artemis/Diana 71%

Hermes/Mercury 67%

Pan/Fannus 63%

Hestia/Vesta 63%

Helios/Sol 38%

Hera/Juno 34%

Aphrodite/Venus 21%
"There are some who call me... Tim..."

Sic vis pacem, para bellum

Exitus acta probat

Nemo saltat sobrius

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Fortes Fortuna Aduvat

"The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek!"
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#20
I'm a bit scared of you now... Tongue
Dave Bell/Secvndvs

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#21
Quote:Anyways, I have a question: the Romans adopted most of their gods from the Greek, but how much did the gods change? Did the Romans "reinvent" them, or merely adopt them and rename them?

I would assume that the process and its results were fairly complex? (but I would be very happy if somebody would correct me on this; or concur Big Grin ).

From what I understand, Roman religion initially was animistic, dealing with "abstract" forces and natural phenoma, without attaching any human behaviour or human "looks" to them. This was followed in a second phase by assimilation and "adoption" of - first - Sabine, Etruscan etc. deities, and - later - the Greek pantheon, following contacts with the Greek colonies in southern Italy. The resulting Roman pantheon would probably be a mix of all those influences, both in terms of deities, and in terms of aspects of those deities (one wonders whether the process worked in the other direction as well, i.e. if other Italic peoples adopted aspects of early Roman religion). I seem to recall that e.g. deities such as Jupiter and Juno retained various Etruscan aspects, next to what was assimilated from their Greek counterparts. I would be very interested to know if some kind of time-line exists for this assimilation process, such as when particular deities are first mentioned?

Regarding the particular importance the Greek pantheon seems to have here, I wonder what the reason for that would be? I seem to recall rising Roman interest in all things Greek following Flaminius' "interventions" there - is there a correlation with Rome embracing the Greek pantheon?

This process of assimilation and "adoption" of foreign deities seems to have been on-going for most of Roman history (at least for the pagan part) - other examples of this would be Isis, Mithras and others. Although for these "later" examples, I am under the impression that they do not really became part of the "official" Roman pantheon like the earlier examples did... Again, can anybody correct me on this, or confirm this? If this is indeed the case, again, what would be the reason(s) for this? Would this be related to e..g Augustus wanting to revive/restore Roman values?

(yes, I know I asked more questions, and that answering questions with questions is usually not considered polite, but I hope you'll all indulge me on this :wink: )
Regards,
Daniel
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