Most famous is Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus', it should have been 'of Aphrodite' but in Western art the Roman names are always used. Titian: 'Venus and Adonis', Titian: Bacchus and Ariadne.
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No but the word Ceres ,who is a Greek good, was based off of cereal.
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Both A and B Greek mythology the acts of Greek gods An heroic story from the distant past, with a moral lesson and a surprise variation to the traditional version.
Yes. There are products named after Greek gods, movies are made with stories around Greek gods and mythology , the planets were named by the Greeks for Gods, buildings copy Greek designs, government are based on the Greek idea of democracy, children are given names of Greek gods, and knowing Greek mythology is considered the foundation of a good education.
Today, Greek Mythology doesn't really have much impact on the world. You will still find temples and things like that for the Greek gods. Though the effects are less than they used to be, Life in Ancient Greece was based around Greek Mythology and he gods. They would worship the gods. You see, for the Ancient Greeks, everything in daily life was the cause of a god or goddess. Zeus made thunder and lightening storms. Demeter let harvests grow to feed the people, things like this. They every much believed that the gods would walk among them and curse anyone you said something against them. So as you can see, yes, in Ancient times Greek Mythology did effect the life's of many people.