Friday, March 9, 2012

Ancient Rome Origin Myths


Aeneas escapes a burning Troy with his father (literally) in tow.

In this bust, Aeneas escapes with idols of the family gods.

An obviously ravenous Romulus and Remus, with the famous She-Wolf.

A mapof the famous Seven Hills of Rome

Ancient Italy




In lecture we looked at the values reflected in Rome's origin myths. Keep these in mind as you view the two links below:

Romulus and "wolf" link


Aeneas link