Hercules And Evander Flashcards
Hercules
Story of killing Geryon and taking his cattle and rested by the Tiber
Caucus dragged cow backwards and was killed
Hercules brought to Evander to answer for his crime
Evander told. Him he would be worshipped as a god and an altar would be built
Evander
Ruler of the area
Due to natural authority
He could write
His mother Carmenta was thought to be a goddess
The setting up of the altar
Hercules built it
One of Hercules special cows slaughtered there
The cult
Potitii and Pinarii
Potitti arrived first so got entrails, Pinarii got rest
Potitti learnt the rites of the cult from Evander and became the priests of the cult
Public slaves had to do it when the Potitti family had all died out
Why Romulus carried on this cult
The only foreign cult he adopted
He respected someone being made into a god beacause they were great
Which ended up happening to him
