![]() ![]() Here are just a few more Greek gods/goddesses along with their Roman counterparts. In Greek mythology Mopheus was the principal Greek god of dreams and sleep and was “he who forms, shapes, molds”, (from the Greek morphe). For instance, Morpheus was one of the principle characters in the movie The Matrix. Centaurs pop up in our modern movies about Hercules, Odysseus, or other Greek heroes. They were half horse and half man, but differed from fauns and satyrs in that they had the head and shoulders of a man attached to the full body of the horse and, therefore, walked on four legs like a horse. ![]() 88 in your book) are another type of mythological creature. Fauns and satyrs walked on two animal-like legs. Fauns were half goat and half human, similar to satyrs who were the Greek version of the half goat and half human creature. This is straight from Roman mythology (Lewis taught ancient and medieval literature at Oxford College in England). ![]() Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (part of the Chronicles of Narnia), he introduces a character he calls a faun. And that’s just one example among hundreds. In modern scientific terminology, we say that our solar system is “heliocentric” meaning the planets go around “Helios,” the sun. (Roman name – Apollo) Believed he drove a fiery chariot across the sky each day. To give you one more example, Helios was the Greek god of the Sun. Many more of our words and scientific terms come straight from ancient myths. Also, “arachnophobia” is the psychological term for the fear of spiders. In science spiders are part of a group called “arachnids” – taking the name from the Greek myth and using it for a class of insects that includes all spiders. That’s why spiders “weave” beautiful webs. However, she left Arachne her ability to weave. Minerva decided to get rid of Arachne by turning her into a spider. Arachneįor instance, there is a myth about a beautiful peasant girl named Arachne whose weaving was so beautiful it made Minerva, the goddess of weaving, jealous. Greek and Roman myths show up in all sorts of places today from scientific terms to references in movies and books or on TV. Many were highly entertaining stories that explained the origins of animals or other natural phenomenon. These myths have been read throughout history. Thus Greek and Roman myths are very similar. As the Romans came into more and more contact with Greek culture and society (especially after Rome conquered the Greek territories), the Romans liked the Greek myths so much that they adapted many of them to their own gods and goddesses. ![]()
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