What are some examples from classical Greece and Rome in modern culture?

Question

Are there any examples of classical themes from ancient Greece or Rome that you can think of in modern culture? I am mainly looking for examples from movies, tv, music, books, or misc. things.

ex. The Atlas (book)
The Eagle or Gladiator (movie)
Little Caesars Pizza or The Orange Julius (misc.)

Answer 1

1.Nike shoes - Nike was a minor goddess, the goddess of victory

2.Apollo Aircraft - Apollo

3.Orion the constellation - a giant huntsman that Zeus sent to live in the stars

you can do literally all the planets...

4.Jupiter - Jupiter (Zeus) it was the largest

5.Pluto - Pluto (Hades)

6.Saturn - Saturn (Kronos)

7.Venus - Venus (Aphrodite) because it was the brightest and most beautiful

8.Mercury- Mercury (Hermes) because it moved so fast

9.Mars- Mars (Ares) because it was red, the color of blood, and he was the god of war

10.Uranus- Greek father of the titan, ruler of the sky before Zeus

11.Neptune - Neptune (Poseidon) because it is blue

12.The term narcissistic - there was a guy named Narcissus who had a prophecy said about him when he was born. basically it was as long as he never see's a reflection of himself he will be fine. because he was the most handsome person on earth, then one day he was walking by a lake and he went to get a drink and he saw a reflection of himself in the water and became mesmerized with himself and died because he refused to move because he didn't want to look away.

13. the word nemesis comes from the Greek goddess of revenge

14. Marathon- Phidippides ran 26 miles to Marathon

15. Michigan State Spartans- Sparta was a Greek city. Their army ws known for their sparse lifestyle.

16. mathematics: Pi, Alpha, phi, sigma

17. FTD Florists use Hermes (Mercury) as their logo.

18. The Agean Sea - supposedly King Ageas threw himself off a cliff into this sea when he thought his son was dead.



Days of the week:

19. Tuesday: in Latin would be Dies Martis "day of Mars" the Roman god of war. Greek counterpart: Ares

20. Wednesday: in latin it means Dies Mercurii, "day of Mercury" the Roman god of travel, the Greek counterpart is Hermes

21. Thursday: in latin it is Dies Iovis, day of jupiter, jupiter was the roman version of Zeus.

22. Friday: Latin- Dies Veneris, "Day of Venus" Venus is the Roman version of Aphrodite

23. Saturday: after the Roman titan Saturn, Greek titan Kronos.

Answer 2

Seeing as how the only reason it now no longer exists right this moment is that the early Christian leaders after the Edict of Theodosius systematically hunted down and slaughtered the pagans with the help of the tens of hundreds. hence, i discover it no longer basic to have self belief that paganism could ever have survived in Christian Europe, because it substitute into somewhat non violent and not missionary in nature, whilst medieval Christianity substitute into horribly violent and illiberal, and might likely have wiped out the pagans at a while or different.

Answer 3

You see Greek architecture in all kind of buildings like the white house. The planets are named after Roman Gods.

Answer 4

In rome there are many modern culture i actually live in rome at the moment,

and i remember a funny and sad story that one of rome's king

burned rome 2 times i don't know what was rolling in his head..

the first time he failed so he did it again.

Answer 5

im guessing you mean greek and roman mythology."Clash of the Titans" supposedly had to do with greek mythology.percy jackson also has to do with greek mythology,the planets are named after the greek-converted roman gods(jupiter=zeus,neptune=poseidon,mars=ares,aphrodite=venus,et cetra).there arent too many multimedia categories that dont include mythologies