ENGL 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Heroides, Gnaeus Naevius, Improvisational Theatre
19 Apr 2016
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In the 8th century the greeks started to colonize in the west. One of the first people that came across the greeks were the etruscans, north of rome. Herodotus says they might come from western turkey. The phoenician people gave the greeks and etruscans the alphabet. They sculpted bronze statues of greek myth. When etruscans made tombs they made them like houses and painted them, put things that have. Etruscan gods are similar to the greek gods. Diovem name for zeus or jove (more jupiter) Almost all the best poetry was found in etruria. There was trade wit the greeks and etruscans. It started off as a small settlement. There were three gods in the same house normally the house has only one romans did this almost. Capitoline hill (downtown) > main hill of rome, almost all the temples were built with a forum around. The temples weren"t separated from businesses it. He was the patron deity for the romans.
