> It's as legitimate to take seriously and criticize as the myths of the gods would have been to ancient Romans.
No, it isn't. Ancient Romans actually believed that stuff.
No, it isn't. Ancient Romans actually believed that stuff.
Edit: just to be clear, I'm not talking about about belief in the existence of the gods, I'm talking about the myths of the gods, which were mixed and matched and changed and definitely were not subject to any kind of orthodoxy.