Greek and Roman mythology Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Greek and Roman mythology
There was no universal Greek or Roman religion. The Mediterranean region has had countless faiths, myths and legends inspiring each other, without the institutional organization of today's world religions, such as Christianity orIslam. Nevertheless, both Greek and Roman mythology are believed to share a common origin in Proto-Indo-European mythology, which is also likely the common ancestor of the Germanic (includingNorse),Celtic, Slavic and VedicHindumythologies. The Greek civilization has been recorded from the 9th century BC. Its early history is intertwined with legend, with theTrojan Wardescribed in the Iliad and the Odyssey, as a Greek foundation myth. The most famous Graeco-Roman religious faith is the one of classical Greece during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It was apolytheistfa
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