Neptune XIV away from Larissa since then because the former two are outside Neptune-synchronous orbit (Neptune's rotational period is 0.6713 day) and are thus being tidally accelerated, while Larissa is within and is being tidally decelerated. When the moon was numbered as Neptune XIV, it remained without an official name. The discovery team plans to submit a name proposal to the International Astronomical Union based on a figure from Greco-Roman mythology with a relationship to Poseidon or Neptune, the god of the sea, consistent with the naming of other moons of Neptune. Among the names under consideration is Polyphemus, the gigantic one-eyed
Roman mythology some instances, deities of an enemy power were formally invited through the ritual of "evocatio" to take up their abode in new sanctuaries at Rome. Communities of foreigners "(peregrini)" and former slaves "(libertini)" continued their own religious practices within the city. In this way Mithras came to Rome and his popularity within the Roman army spread his cult as far afield as Roman Britain. The important Roman deities were eventually identified with the more anthropomorphic Greek gods and goddesses, and assumed many of their attributes and myths. Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient