Aphrodite: The Adoption Of The Greek Gods

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As Romans adapted they began growing into polytheism, (multiple gods) Such as gods and goddesses.
Although they adopted the Greek gods and goddesses they changed their names to make them their own.
Art was a lot similar too. Greek god and goddess statues were made from marble and so Romans adopted that as well as painting Venus, the goddess of love, sex, and beauty as well as fertility. Her Greek counterpart Aphrodite. (Probably where the word aphrodisiac came from) .
Other adoptions of the greek arts were epics like poems and stories (which go into detail of how the gods and goddesses were created.) Among other things they started to make beautiful buildings with columns like the Greeks have been for many

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