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A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
The game Jotun uses the mythology as a setting, with the protagonist making its way through various realms in order to fight the gigantic jötunn. The Bayonetta franchise makes multiple references to Norse mythology. The primary antagonist of the first title is named Balder, and the creator god of myth is referred to as Aesir.
Greek mythology is known today primarily from Greek literature and representations on visual media dating from the Geometric period from ... Allusions often existed ...
Proto-Uralic mythology. Komi mythology; Finnic mythology. Estonian mythology; Finnish mythology; Mari mythology; Sami mythology; Germanic mythology. Anglo-Saxon mythology; Continental Germanic mythology; English mythology; Frankish mythology; Norse mythology; Swiss folklore; Scottish mythology; Welsh mythology; Irish mythology. Northern/modern ...
Works based on classical mythology (38 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Classical mythology in popular culture" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total.
By the end of the century, Romanticism initiated a surge of enthusiasm for all things Greek, including Greek mythology. In Britain, it was a great period for new translations of Greek tragedies and Homer 's works, and these in turn inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats , Byron , and Shelley . [ 4 ]
The biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer references the Prometheus myth as a parallel to the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb. The biography served as inspiration for the 2023 film Oppenheimer.
Pages in category "References on Greek mythology" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.