Roman Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures

by Matt Clayton

Captivating Stories and Facts of Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures In this book, you will discover many fascinating aspects of the Roman gods, goddesses, and mythological creatures. Each of the first six chapters begins with a narrative scene which helps bring the legendary and mythical characters to life. In chapter 1, you will find the seeds of legitimacy that Virgil planted regarding the Trojan connection to Rome. In chapter 2, you will learn about the foundation of Rome by the semi-divine, wolf-suckled brothers, Romulus and Remus. This chapter will also explore the myth of Aeneas’s son. In chapter 3, you will learn about the gods of Roman origin as well as Roman mythological creatures. Chapter 4 focuses on the Etruscan influence on Roman mythology. The Greek influence on Roman mythology is the topic of chapter 5. In chapter 6, the book will investigate the Celtic influence and see how the gods of the Celts were melded with the Roman pantheon in creative ways. Finally, in chapter 7, you will discover the potential truths behind the Roman gods, goddesses, and creatures. Every myth had a beginning, and in this chapter, we explore some of the possibilities. Just some of the questions and topics covered in this book include The Trojan ConnectionWhat History and an Analysis of Myth Tell UsFounding of RomePurely Roman GodsThe Creatures of Roman MythologyBorrowings from EtruriaInfluence of the Greek PantheonGreek Creatures Adopted by the RomansCeltic PotpourriRoman Conquests of the CeltsTruth Behind the Roman GodsDownload the book now and learn more about Roman mythology

Genres: Mythology, History, Nonfiction

84 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 21, 2017

Reviews

[Bobbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great way to learn more about Roman Mythology! Clayton takes a subject which because of its span could be rather boring and makes it quite interesting. I knew a bit before about how the Romans borrowed mythology and gods from many of cultures the Greeks, the Etruscans, etc. and made them their own, but I still learned more about this. A very interesting book about Roman Mythology. An interesting and educational read, check it out.

[sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

brzo se cita jer nema nista da je napisano. prosla jednu glavu guglala istorijsku likusu, reci iz vikipedije BUKVALNO napisane tamo, cak ne moras ni da udjes u headers da otvoris, onaj prvi deo vikipedije je napisan. prva veze sa drugim jezicima i drugom kulurom i bogovima i ne daju nikakav dokaz o tome.

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kindle Unlimited, these books {Captivating History} this one in particular reminded me of growing up around Rome, Georgia with that statue or the mother Wolf and Romulus and Remus; many replicas were given to various 'sister cities' from Italy to Rome{s}...Rome GA, Rome NY, etc. This was a blast from the past in several ways. {Did much better, and way more complete review on my wordpress; amazon I just typed in next to nothing since they deleted the original and the goodreads one hadn't been up to post it here first as usually do, just for that reason}.

Introducing: Captivating Stories and Facts of Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures
In this book, you will discover many fascinating aspects of the Roman gods, goddesses, and mythological creatures. Each of the first six chapters begins with a narrative scene which helps bring the legendary and mythical characters to life.

In chapter 1, you will find the seeds of legitimacy that Virgil planted regarding the Trojan connection to Rome. In chapter 2, you will learn about the foundation of Rome by the semi-divine, wolf-suckled brothers, Romulus and Remus. This chapter will also explore the myth of Aeneas’s son. In chapter 3, you will learn about the gods of Roman origin as well as Roman mythological creatures. Chapter 4 focuses on the Etruscan influence on Roman mythology. The Greek influence on Roman mythology is the topic of chapter 5. In chapter 6, the book will investigate the Celtic influence and see how the gods of the Celts were melded with the Roman pantheon in creative ways. Finally, in chapter 7, you will discover the potential truths behind the Roman gods, goddesses, and creatures. Every myth had a beginning, and in this chapter, explore some of the possibilities.

Just some of the questions and topics covered in this book include
The Trojan Connection What History and an Analysis of Myth Tell Us Founding of Rome Purely Roman Gods The Creatures of Roman Mythology Borrowings from Etruria Influence of the Greek Pantheon Greek Creatures Adopted by the Romans Celtic Potpourri Roman Conquests of the Celts Truth Behind the Roman Gods.

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[James Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mythology is always fascinating. It says so much about the people who believed it. It also tends to have themes that are similar no matter what the culture is. Gods, goddesess, heroes and heroines commonly appear in these stories. Themes such as pride, greed, hate and love can be found in almost any of the myths from any culture.

Roman mythology is the same. Greece and Rome had simlar myths, the names changed to protect the guilty. The stories that make up the myths are often well done and very interesting.

One intersting one is Ovid's story about a great flood, a theme which goes at least as far back as ancient Sumeria and is common to many cultures. (One theory is that there was an impact of a kind of large metor in the ocean which caused a major tsumani.)

The founding of Rome has its own myths although they don't always agree with each other. There's a lot of the myths in this book including The Rape of Lucretia (based on fact), the story of Atlanta (sexism and cheating on the guy's part), the Quest for the Golden Fleece, the origin of spiders, the flight of Icarus (pay attention to what your parents say), King Midas (think before wishing), Narcissus (self-love carried to the extrme), an early version of Romeo and Juliet, and a creation story with one God who makes everything with the appearance of other gods unexplained.

The stories make for some very good reading because you can learn about how their makers thought and what they considered important in their lives and what they couldn't explain and attitbuted to fate or the actions of capricious gods and goddesses.

A very enjoyable read.

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short intro survey book about Roman mythology. It breaks the subject down into different categories while providing an interesting narrative. It divides up sections by what influenced that mythological grouping, I.e. purely Roman mythology, Etruscan influenced Ronan mythology, Greek influenced Roman mythology, etc. while I do think I learned a bit and in general enjoyed the work, I would caution that this is definitely no end all to the subject-in fact I’d caution that some of the inferences in this book, while interesting, seem to be of the authors own devising and as such should ge taken with a sea of salt. At times the author’s voice was also a little to present. That written, some of the inferences were enjoyable and may well be onto something, and one does get a pretty good break down if the mythology and a bit of who’s who here. For serious scholars your going to need more than this, but for someone that just wants to know a little bit about an amazing culture and mythology, this book is for you. So with some reservations. I recommend this book with the stipulations indicated. Also, and obviously, these are my opinions on the book. Read other reviews for a more complete picture.

[Victor Volpe · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is an enjoyable short read, but it doesn’t deliver on the promise. It fell short of my expectations.

This is not a book about Roman Mythology. It is a list of Roman gods and creatures divided by the original region they come from and some brief chapters of the tales of the foundation.

The myths that are present are missing a lot of important detail. And there are many important myths that are ignored. No mention to the start of the Roman Republic and Tarquinius Superbus rape, no mention to the Vestal Virgins, no mention to the procession of Triumph.

Easily skippable.

[Keerthi Vasishta · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy introduction for casual learners.

[Alejandra E. Glez. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Se me hizo un tanto confuso.

[Arash Ahsani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful

[VERONIQUE TOTO · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet

Good free Intro to the subject ,leaves u wanting more

"Why cant we post a short & sweet comment tho?"

[Minseo kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not Really what I expected. It goes into multiple myths from Roman Mythology but I thought it would go more into the details of the gods and goddesses themselves instead of the heros