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Greek mythology in popular culture

Elements of Greek mythology have appeared many times in culture and pop culture. The Greek myths had originally been adopted into the culture of ancient Rome, and have been frequently incorporated by Western cultural movements since then, particularly since the Renaissance. Mythological elements have been used in Renaissance art and English poems, as well as film and literature, and songs and commercials. Along with the Bible and the works of Shakespeare, the myths of Greece and Rome have been the major "touchstone" in Western culture for the past 500 years.
These elements include the gods of varying stature, humans, demigods, titans, giants, monsters, nymphs, and famed locations. Their use can range from a brief allusion to the use of the actual Greek character as a character in a work. Some types of creatures—such as centaurs and nymphs—are used as a generic type rather than individuated characters out of myth.
The retelling of the myths "always () in relation to older stories through audience memory" which creates a "jostling () knowledge" because there will "always be numerous older versions and related stories, even if not all of them exist today."
== Use by governments and public institutions ==

Roman conquerors 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.
In modern times, the initial Greek 2 Euro coin featured the myth of Zeus and Europa, and sought to connect the new Europe through Western history to the ancient culture of Greece. As of December 2012, the European Central Bank as plans to incorporate Greek mythological figures into the designs used on its bank notes.
The medical profession is symbolized by the snake--entwined staff the god of medicine, Asclepius. Today's medical professionals hold a similarly honored position as did the healer-priests of Asclepius.
The American colonial revolutionary, Thomas Greenleaf, subtitled his newspaper "''The Argus''" after the mythological watchman and took the slogan "We Guard the Rights of Man."〔(Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the ... ) By Alfred Fabian Young, Gary B. Nash, Ray Raphael〕
The Pegasus appears frequently on stamps, particularly for air mail. In 1906, Greece issued a series of stamps featuring the stories from Hercules' life. Australia commemorated the laying of an underwater cable linking it to the island of Tasmania through a stamp featuring an image of Amphitrite.
The United States military has used Greek mythology to name its equipment such as the Nike missile project and the Navy having over a dozen ships named from Greek mythology.〔The ships include:
* USS Castor (AKS-1)("Urwin2002")
* USS Nereus (AC-10)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Nereus (1863)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Arethusa (AO-7)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Prometheus (1814)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Prometheus (AR-3)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Jason (1862)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Jason (AC-12)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Galatea (1862)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Galatea (SP-714)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Medusa (AR-1)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Medusa (1869)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Triton (YT-10)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Amphitrite (BM-2)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Iris (1847)(Neeser 1921)
* USS Iris (1863),(Neeser 1921)
* USS Iris (1869),(Neeser 1921)
* USS Iris (1885).(Neeser 1921)
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* 〕 Greek mythology has been the source for names for a number of ships in the British navy〔The ships include:
* HMS Phaeton (1782) (BrownWhite2006)
* HMS Arethusa (1781) (BrownWhite2006)
* HMS Amphion (1798) (BrownWhite2006)
* HMS Alcmene (1794) (BrownWhite2006)
* HMS Argus (I49) (BishopChant2004)
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* 〕 as well as the Australian Royal Navy〔
* HMAS Psyche (ARN)
* (【引用サイトリンク】title=HMAS Psyche )〕 which has also named a training facility in Victoria called HMAS Cerebus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMAS Cerberus )〕 The Canadair CP-107 Argus of the Royal Canadian Air Force is named in honor of both the hundred eyed Argus Panoptes the "all seeing" and Odysseus' dog Argus who was the only one who identified Odysseus upon his return home.

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