Summary: Similarities Between Roman And Greek Mythology

There are many similarities that are found in between Roman and Greek Mythology. Both, Greek and Roman mythology are mostly influenced by Greeks myths and legends, then Italians, since Greek literature and myth occur before the Romans. This demonstrates why Roman myths have similar themes and myths as Greek Mythology. The twelve Olympian god/goddesses in Greek mythology are represented in Roman mythology, but with different names. Also, each god/goddess symbolize and power are similar in both mythologies. These similarities is what makes Greek and Roman mythology parallel to each other. The first big similarity in both mythologies is Jupiter and Juno in the Roman mythology to Zeus and Hera in Greek Mythology. First of all, both Zeus and