Roman Gods, Heroes, and Mythology

Roman Gods, Heroes, and Mythology — page 3
Romulus and Remus Amulius had ordered a servant to drown the newborn infants in the river The servant however could not bring himself to murder two helpless babies So he put them in a basket woven from reeds and sent them down the river After traveling for several hours the basket washed up on the shore near the Palatine Hill As the twin infants lay crying a female wolf padded up to the basket and sniffed them She licked them Then she did something extraordinary She picked the infants up in her jaws one by one and carried them back to her den There she nursed them along with her own wolf cubs The boys grew strong on the wolf’s milk One day a shepherd found them and took them back to his house He and his wife raised them as their own sons Romulus and Remus became shepherds like their adoptive father One day they were grazing their flocks on a hillside Several shepherds who worked for King Amulius 6