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Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician and credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath, which is still relevant and in use today. He is also credited with greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine , summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools, and prescribing practices for physicians ...
The Battlestar Galactica franchise (particularly the 2004 television series) [46] developed from concepts that utilized Greek mythology. [47] Heroes is a series that plays on the concept of the new generation of gods overthrowing the old. [48] The television series Lost uses Greek mythology, primarily in its online Lost Experience. [46]
Ares is also the main representation of the video game "God of War" Ares is a playable fighter in Injustice: Gods Among Us. Ares (アレス Aresu, Aless in the Japanese version) is a character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is the son of Eldigan and Grahnye, and is the inheritor of the Demon Sword Mystletainn.
The Return of Heracles (1983) is a video game designed by Stuart Smith and released for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers. It is a turn-based adventure/rpg designed around the Twelve Labours of Heracles, though you could play as any or all of several characters including Pegasus and Achilles.
In the 2017 video game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Norse mythology plays a key role in design of the world and enemies, with the developers going to great lengths to research the topic. The 2018 video game God of War, is loosely based on Norse mythology, a change of direction for a series previously centered around Greek mythology.
A place where immortals lived according to Chinese mythology. Longmen: A legendary waterfall in Chinese mythology. Mount Buzhou: An ancient Chinese mythological mountain which, according to old texts, lay to the northwest of the Kunlun Mountains, in a location today referred to as the Pamir Mountains. Mount Penglai
He is regarded to be a chiranjivi, an immortal being, who still roams the world with foul-smelling fluids oozing from his form. [4] Hanuman, a vanara figure from the Ramayana and a companion of Rama, is described to be immortal in Hindu epics. He is believed to live in the Himalayas. [5] The Wandering Jew (b. 1st century BC), a Jewish shoemaker.
I Still Worship Zeus premiered in 2004.Phil Hall of Film Threat called it "a fascinating and cogent exploration of the persistence of faith over the centuries", but said it suffers from slow pace and would have gained from talking more about the gods, whose appeal to the practitioners is not thoroughly explained. [4]