Your aha moment of the day

[ivyfic]

The Romans incorporated the pantheons of cultures they encountered into their own--particularly the Greeks, whose pantheon they eventually declared was the same as their own.

Jupiter? Is a corruption of Zeus Pater.

Ohhhhhh.

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[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Inorite?

You know what's awesome? That no matter how much history I learn, there will still always be moments like this.

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

Sort of? I was taught that both Zeus and Jupiter had the same Proto Indo-European etymology (de-wous), meaning sky-father and god-father. So it's not that Jupiter is Zeus Pater, it's that they're both ious-pater.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh...

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I think it depends what academic you ask... This was from an Ancient Greek historian.

For me it's more that there's a relation at all, particularly that "pater" is part of the name.

[slothshaman.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my (former) life.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

You were a classical scholar/linguist in a former life?

[slothshaman.livejournal.com]

Classical Scholar, check! 2 absolutely useless degrees in that, remember?