User blog comment:Kidtragic/Elder Scrolls Races and Cultures Compared to Real Life./@comment-188.82.207.10-20140805153507

I see the Altmers as Greeks, mainly because the imperials base their culture and language in the Altmer culture. The Chappel is the fusion of both Aedra worshiped by the elves and the gods of the nords. Same thing with the greeks, their science, art and religion hevily influenced the roman empire and by extencion - the western world, thats the reason why ancient greece is called "the craddle of the western world".

The romans also adopted the greek gods in a similar facion as the imperial adopted the elven gods into their church. The common language, tamerielic (probably spelled wrong) is based of the language of the Altmers. Their strict social structure also resenbles the greeks, whose culture valued the philosofers and the thinkers, and only a small portion of the inahitants were granted the title of citizen. The greeks also payed great attencion to the beauty of everything, the buildings, the works of art and even the physical appearence of others, therefore they were obcessed with the breed of beautyfull and strong men and women.