CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aeneid, Mithraism, Greco-Roman Mysteries

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Beware of the ides of march (when julius caesar was killed the 15th of march) Not know much about how they practiced (known as mystery religions ) Person came into a group, but could not speak as to what to they did. Not generally an afterlife belief in the roman world, except in the individual group cult. Covered dark chamber with representation of mithras at the end, associated with a series of feasts. Same sort of imagery over and over, mithras pulling back the head of the bull, seen as heavenly bull, aided with by a snake, a dog, and a scorpion. Mithras is a god who came from the area of modern iran, not from the roman empire. Unsure why he became so popular, especially with the roman army. Why was the united states connection to rome so emphasized in this book (classics in.