Greek mythology

E105140

body of myths cultural tradition intangible cultural heritage mythology

Greek mythology is the body of ancient Greek myths and legends about gods, heroes, and the nature of the world that formed a central part of Greek religion and culture.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Greek mythology canonical	159
Ancient Greek mythology	12
GreekMythology	4
Arcadian mythology	1
GreekMyths	1

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of myths ⓘ cultural tradition ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ mythology ⓘ
concerns	explanations of natural phenomena ⓘ genealogy of the gods ⓘ moral lessons ⓘ origin of the world ⓘ relationship between gods and humans ⓘ
culture	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece
hasConcept	Fates ⓘ Hero cults ⓘ the Muses ⓘ surface form: Muses Nymphs ⓘ Olympian gods ⓘ Oracles ⓘ Primordial deities ⓘ Titans ⓘ
hasCreature	Centaurs ⓘ surface form: Centaur Cyclopes ⓘ surface form: Cyclops Gorgons ⓘ surface form: Medusa Minotaur ⓘ
hasDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Ares ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Hades ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Hestia ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
hasHero	Achilles ⓘ Atalanta ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Jason ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Perseus ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
hasPart	Theban cycle ⓘ Trojan War ⓘ surface form: Trojan War cycle cosmogonic myths ⓘ etiological myths ⓘ heroic sagas ⓘ myths about gods ⓘ myths about heroes ⓘ underworld myths ⓘ
hasPlace	Elysium ⓘ Mount Olympus ⓘ Tartarus ⓘ Underworld ⓘ
hasSource	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ Greek tragedy ⓘ Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ Homeric Hymns ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ
influenced	Roman religion ⓘ surface form: Roman mythology Western art ⓘ Western literature ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ ancient Greek art ⓘ ancient Greek drama ⓘ ancient Greek literature ⓘ modern fantasy literature ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ
mainLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
relatedTo	Indo-European mythology ⓘ Near Eastern mythologies ⓘ
religiousFunction	explained rituals ⓘ legitimized cult practices ⓘ provided sacred narratives ⓘ
studiedIn	classics ⓘ comparative mythology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedIn	ancient Greek religion ⓘ

Referenced by (177)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prometheus Bound → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Seven Sisters → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Greek mythology ⓘ

the contest of the bow in Ithaca → culturalContext → Greek mythology ⓘ

subject surface form: contest of the bow in Ithaca

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

Pan → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

Typhoeus → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: GreekMythology

Oedipus → appearsIn → Greek mythology ⓘ

Gigantomachy → partOf → Greek mythology ⓘ

Hecatoncheires → partOf → Greek mythology ⓘ

Alcmene → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Minos → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

the Sirens → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

subject surface form: Sirens

Perseus → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

Uranus → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

constellation Cancer → associatedMythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

subject surface form: Cancer

Almus → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

Theseus → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

Titans of Greek mythology → partOf → Greek mythology ⓘ

Pandora → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

Iapetids → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

Nausinous → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

Death in Venice → influencedBy → Greek mythology ⓘ

Metamorphoses → subjectMatter → Greek mythology ⓘ

Centauromachy → partOf → Greek mythology ⓘ

Argonautica → literaryTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Nymphs of evening → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

Mount Cyllene → mentionedIn → Greek mythology ⓘ

Hermaphroditus → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Children of Atlas → hasMythologicalCulture → Greek mythology ⓘ

Asia → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Hesperia → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

Dryope → associatedWith → Greek mythology ⓘ

Myrtilus → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn → basedOnMythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

The Progress of Poesy → references → Greek mythology ⓘ

Samothrace (through Iasion traditions) → partOfTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Mount Pelion → associatedWithMyth → Greek mythology ⓘ

Ourea → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

Halcyon days → hasOrigin → Greek mythology ⓘ

Ion → culture → Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek mythology

Ceyx → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ

Hyginus → workSubject → Greek mythology ⓘ

Hyginus → associatedWith → Greek mythology ⓘ

Minoan civilization → influenced → Greek mythology ⓘ

Pillars of Hercules → partOf → Greek mythology ⓘ

Bellerophon riding Pegasus → hasMythologicalOrigin → Greek mythology ⓘ

Tempe Valley → associatedWith → Greek mythology ⓘ

Echidna → mythology → Greek mythology ⓘ

Preparation for the Gospel → critiques → Greek mythology ⓘ

Trojan cycle → mythologicalFramework → Greek mythology ⓘ

Ariadne → mythologicalTradition → Greek mythology ⓘ