Faustus 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 (edited) Rome Edited November 19, 2007 by Faustus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M. Porcius Cato 2 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 If Romulus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faustus 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 If Romulus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M. Porcius Cato 2 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 Right. Plus, there is a long-standing kind of myth that involves men being 'tamed' by women. In Gilgamesh, for example, the wild-man Enkidu (who like Romulus and Remus was raised by wild animals) is tamed by a visit (of sorts) from the courtesan Shamhat. Along similar lines I had an American history teacher in grade school who swore that the men of Jamestown were too unruly to settle Virginia until there were enough female immigrants for them to marry. I guess the parallels to Rome and the Sabine women isn't too difficult to see. Like the wild-man Enkidu or the unruly early Virginians, the village on the Palatine was mostly just a bunch of bandits (and she-wolfs) until they settled down for the proper city life that the Sabine women might have known. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M. Porcius Cato 2 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 I forgot to add that the story of Samson and Delilah is quite similar to that of Enkidu and Shamhat--wild unruly man tamed by prostitute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kosmo 5 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 There are 2 stories for the end of Romulus. One in which he is taken up to the gods during a storm while in the other he is ripped in pieces by senators. I think the two represent, in a metafor, the conflict beetwen divine monarchy and republicanism. Thru paricide the romans gain control of their lives, paricide as a rebellion against authority. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites