Romus And Remus And Greek Mythology

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The Greek Creation Myth, and the Roman Myth Romulus and Remus both prove the collective unconscious correct, by sharing the common theme of the sacrifice for power. In Romulus and Remus the sacrifice for power can be seen towards the end of the myth, “The brothers remained at a standstill and continued to quarrel until Romulus began to dig trenches and build walls around his hill: the Palatine Hill” (Unknown 5). In order for Romulus and Remus to stay and power, and create a city based on their own ideals they each had to ignore their family, and permanently separate themselves from each other. Then in the Greek Creation Myth Cronus and his mother attacked their father/husband, “Gaea and Cronus set up an ambush of Uranus as he lay with Gaea

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