Ancient Greek mythology theme
Narratives of creation, gods, demigods, spirits etc. that are fundamental to ancient Greek society are featured.
Examples
The Greek god Apollo appears in tos2x04 "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
8 total · 4 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ic1976e08 | major | Caligula believed himself to be Zeus, and that his sister, Drusilla, Hera. There was much discussion of the Greek gods and the story about Zeus cutting out his child from its mother's womb and swallowing it whole. |
| play: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) | major | The story was filled with fantastical beings from Ancient Greek mythology. |
| tos2x04 | major | The Enterprise crew encountered the Greek god Apollo. |
| writing: Orestia (458 BC) | major | Apollo, Athena, and the Furies made explicit appearances in part 3 and the morality of Orestes crime was debated with reference to things the Gods had done. |
| movie: Atlantis the Lost Continent (1961) | minor | Demetrius had a nightmare on the high seas of encountering an angry Neptune. |
| movie: Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956) | minor | Prasus worshiped Aphrodite. |
| movie: Species: The Awakening (2007) | minor | In her lecture, Miranda spoke of how Zeus punished men for having discovered fire by giving them women. |
| rd1988e5x02 | minor | Agamemnon's pursuit of Helen of Troy of the Iliad was mentioned and, outrageously, attributed to the Virgil's Aeneid. |