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by CuriousGTime on March 8th, 2005

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Why does Apollo have the same name to both the Greeks and Romans when every other god has had their name radically changed?

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  • by Anonymous on March 11th, 2005

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    This is, as you think, strange. Maybe the Romans planned not to change Apollo's name, the Ancient Greek and Roman languages were very different, but similar in some ways.

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    • The Romans did not "plan" to "change" the gods' names. They simply adopted stories to gods they already had.

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      by Anon on May 10th, 2005

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