Greek mythology is soaking on us

Greek mythology is having a revival for some years now.  How still remember Hercules with Kevin Sorbo?  On that show, there was the best Ares portrayal ever.  Even if that show did took some liberty with mythology, it could be a starting point in learning more on that subject.

My own interest in Greek mythology goes a few years back.  It was a cynical high school history teacher that started it all.  He was talking about those gods and goddesses saying that no one was believing in them, as then than now.  I don't think he grasped much of it.  He didn't see how much Greek mythology was around us, creeping in our minds, in our society.

There the planets and most moon that have Greek and Roman name derived from mythology.  Space programs had used that too (think Apollo, Mercury and Saturn).  Car industry had their hint of it (Mercury and Saturn).  Psychology and medicine have used myth for their own purpose.  There is a condition called chimerism.  It is a condition where two sets of adn are in one person.  Other people swear by the Oedipus concept.  I sometimes wonder if Freud understood the myth.  In the myth, Oedipus was first unaware of his fulfilling of the prophecy (killing his father and marrying is mother).  Not to forget language. In french, mardi is Mars day, Mercredi is Mercury day, Jeudi is Jupiter day, Vendredi is Venus day and Samedi is Saturn day.  Aphrodisiac, erotic and panic are derived from well known Aphrodite, Eros and Pan.  Odysseus spawn an odyssey and today, it still apply to well, an really big voyage and a bit of a quest.  Thanatology is the science of embalming, from Thanatos, the personification of Death.  The Muses are alive and still kicking us with inspiration.  Medusa have a beautiful entertainment career while turning us into stone.  Sirens makes us dreams and they also have a good life, even being turned into a mock documentary.  In botany, there are some plants that have mythological naming or reference (Artemis and laurel/related to Apollo).

I sure miss other mythological reference.  For sure, Greek mythology is still alive, it is still strong.  It can't be diminished into unbelieving.  It makes a disservice to our cultural background, our language and our science/technological advances.

It also had inspired me on a personal level.  I wrote a few piece on Greek mythology, having fun while doing so.  I don't think I am the only one.  I remember having fun while the idea of the god Ares going to Mars the planet had dawn on me.  This is why I had write about Greek mythology today.  It is an inspiration to many artists, not only a sign of a cultured mind.