Greek Mythology Essay

Expository Essay Greek mythology started over 2000 years ago and it is still influencing our world of today. Traveling the world or just being more conscious of the area that you live in you will be seeing many names or things and guess what, many of those came from Greek mythology. For example, Olympic games or many movies like "Wrath of the Titans" or games like " god of war" derive from Greek mythology. Those and many others explain how Greek mythology continues to play role in our world of today. The articles, "You already know Greek myths Greek and Roman mythology in daily life" by N.S Gill, "Genesis of Greek mythology and Greek gods" by Rachel Ann, and "Greek influences today" explain how Greek mythology plays a role in the world we live in today.

Many things are related to Greek mythology. According to the article "You already know Greek myths Greek and Roman mythology in daily life" N.S Gill states that,"000 figures behind the name of your car like Saturn or mercury, or names of planets were Greek gods names". He also included that Space missions and one very famous "Apollo" is named for the god of music and prophecy. The author states" petroleum company whose logo is the winged horse Pegasus", and "A moving company is named for the Titan", and there are much more companies whose logo or names come from Greek mythology. Some plants or expressions or similes are related with Greek mythology for example the author claimed "The Narcissus flower was originally a vain young man". "It may not make a difference to quality of life but knowing the real origin of things and names that are around you will give you insight into our cultural heritage and understanding" N.S Gill claimed. The earliest Greek mythology gave a life style for many people who desire to grasp the universe began. According to the article "Genesis of Greek mythology and Greek gods" Rachel Ann states that "Early Greeks had faith that gods ruled