History Myth / ClassicalMythology

However, contrary to common belief, the Roman version isn't ''completely'' identical to the Greek one; Rome's own legends became closer to Greek mythology around the end of the monarchy and the foundation of TheRepublic. Ancient Greek and Roman religions descent from a common Proto-Indo-European religion, hence the similar characters not only to each-other but also Myth/NorseMythology and Myth/HinduMythology. That said, Roman mythology was ''probably'' (though records are sparse) influenced by that of their closer neighbours - the Etruscans, while Greek mythology was ''probably'' influenced by their Near Eastern neighbours - Anatolian or Mesopotamian. Take, for instance, the emphasis on complicated divination methods that were alien to the Greeks or the fact that some of their gods, such as [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Mars]] or [[HeroWithBadPublicity Saturn]], are largely different from their Greek counterparts. The Roman religion (the actual practice of worshipping the gods in question) was also extremely different from the Greek one, dealing more with human representatives of the remote gods rather than stories of the gods themselves.

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* [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Couple]]: Hades and Persephone. Persephone was once a GenkiGirl but adopted this trope since she become queen of the underworld.

** Helps he pretty much got the raw end of the deal, he's overworked (thanks to all the Greek heroes and gods), no one likes him, and the prime reason why he kidnapped his wife Persephone was out of loneliness. At least the marriage worked out.

** Not to mention, one thing that's not commonly mentioned (Except in [[PercyJackson Rick Riordan's works]] or the city-building game ''Zeus'') is that Hades was lord of the dead and the underworld, but also the lord of everything in the earth, including mineral wealth (His Roman name even comes from the word meaning wealth). Death itself was actually ''Thanatos'', one of his servants.

However, contrary to common belief, the Roman version isn't ''completely'' identical to the Greek one; Rome's own legends became closer to Greek mythology around the end of the monarchy and the foundation of TheRepublic. Ancient Greek and Roman religions descent from a common Proto-Indo-European religion, hence the similar characters not only to each-other but also NorseMythology and Myth/HinduMythology. That said, Roman mythology was ''probably'' (though records are sparse) influenced by that of their closer neighbours - the Etruscans, while Greek mythology was ''probably'' influenced by their Near Eastern neighbours - Anatolian or Mesopotamian. Take, for instance, the emphasis on complicated divination methods that were alien to the Greeks or the fact that some of their gods, such as [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Mars]] or [[HeroWithBadPublicity Saturn]], are largely different from their Greek counterparts. The Roman religion (the actual practice of worshipping the gods in question) was also extremely different from the Greek one, dealing more with human representatives of the remote gods rather than stories of the gods themselves.

Greek Mythology has been very influential in literature, art, and many other things so it's named [[TropeNamers/ClassicalMythology a lot of tropes]]. In fact, of all the pagan mythologies of Europe, it had the largest impact on the modern occidental culture (hence, it is the Greek myths we call "classical", not the {{Norse|Mythology}}, {{Celtic|Mythology}}, or Myth/SlavicMythology), as when the European artists and poets sought new inspirations outside the universal (for that time and region) Christian/biblical artistic dogma, they discovered them in the classical antiquity. This was particularly prevalent during TheRenaissance, which was characterized by the rediscovery of ancient artistic canons and daring mergers of the Christian tradition with the classic paganism (codified by Dante Alighieri in his ''Literature/DivineComedy'').

** Also Apollo and [[NorseMythology Freyr]], Hades and [[FinnishMythology Tuoni]] and etc.

* AchillesHeel: TropeNamer that is surprisingly not ''Literature/TheIliad''. That is the story of his rage, but it doesn't cover many of the famous parts of the TrojanWar, including his death and the creation of the Trojan Horse (those are narrated in lost epics of the Literature/TrojanCycle). In fact, the Achilles Heel myth is not even referenced in the text, and Achilles is more known for his skill, strength, speed, and ferocity than for being nigh-invulnerable.

** [[AppleOfDiscord Eris]] for the Trojan War.

* CanonWelding: The Roman Pantheon was originally distinct from the Greek one, but as Rome came under the influence of Greek culture, the Roman gods were equated with the Greek ones and by and by adopted all their attributes. The ''Literature/{{Aeneid}}'' finally extended the lineage of Rome's foundational hero, Romulus, to the Trojan Aeneas, and thus connected Roman legend to the Greek myths about the TrojanWar.

* EndOfAnAge: There were five eras of the world: Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age and Iron Age. According to Hesiod the Golden Age ended, when Zues overthrew Cronos. The Silver Age ended, when people refused to worship gods and were destroyed for their arrogance. The Bronze Age ended when Zeus decided to flood the world and the Heroic Age ended with the Trojan War. After this point gods stopped actively interacting with humans.

* RevengeSVP: Eris wasn't invited to a wedding, so she throws the AppleOfDiscord onto the table and causes Hera, Aphrodite and Athena to fight over who is prettiest. In a roundabout way, this ''kickstarted the Trojan War.''

However, contrary to common belief, the Roman version isn't ''completely'' identical to the Greek one; Rome's own legends became closer to Greek mythology around the end of the monarchy and the foundation of TheRepublic. Ancient Greek and Roman religions descent from a common Proto-Indo-European religion, hence the similar characters not only to each-other but also NorseMythology and HinduMythology. That said, Roman mythology was ''probably'' (though records are sparse) influenced by that of their closer neighbours - the Etruscans, while Greek mythology was ''probably'' influenced by their Near Eastern neighbours - Anatolian or Mesopotamian. Take, for instance, the emphasis on complicated divination methods that were alien to the Greeks or the fact that some of their gods, such as [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Mars]] or [[HeroWithBadPublicity Saturn]], are largely different from their Greek counterparts. The Roman religion (the actual practice of worshipping the gods in question) was also extremely different from the Greek one, dealing more with human representatives of the remote gods rather than stories of the gods themselves.

* [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent Alternate Mythology Equivalent]]: [[HinduMythology Indra]] and Zeus are very similar characters. Both are [[JerkassGod Jerkass chief god]] of the pantheons, wielding [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Bolts of Divine Retribution]] and have pretty amusing sexual lives. This is due to their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion common origin]] in the Indo-European warrior tribes that expanded out from the plains region north of the Black Sea.

* BerserkButton: The Greek Gods tended to take a very dim view of mortals proclaiming themselves to better than them in some way. If you're a character in a Greek myth, don't say that you're more beautiful than Aphrodite, a greater warrior than Ares, a better hunter than Artemis, wiser than Athena, richer than Hades, a better smith than Hephaestus, a mightier king than Zeus or anything else along those lines. They'll chew you up and spit you out.

Also, Phineas.

*** Another version of the myth had him create [[ScaryScorpions Scorpio]] to kill Orion; when Orion couldn't beat it by himself, he sought Artemis for help while she was practising archery on an island. Apollo still tricked her into sniping him, and she got revenge by killing Scorpio and [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence immortalizing Orion as a constellation.]]

Greek Mythology has been very influential in literature, art, and many other things so it's named [[TropeNamers/ClassicalMythology a lot of tropes]]. In fact, of all the pagan mythologies of Europe, it had the largest impact on the modern occidental culture (hence, it is the Greek myths we call "classical", not the {{Norse|Mythology}}, {{Celtic|Mythology}}, or {{Slavic|Mythology}}), as when the European artists and poets sought new inspirations outside the universal (for that time and region) Christian/biblical artistic dogma, they discovered them in the classical antiquity. This was particularly prevalent during TheRenaissance, which was characterized by the rediscovery of ancient artistic canons and daring mergers of the Christian tradition with the classic paganism (codified by Dante Alighieri in his ''Literature/DivineComedy'').

** Also Narcissus, who was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection by Aphrodite as punishment for cruelly rejecting all the girls (and [[ErastesEromenos guys]]) who fancied him. Realising he could never love anyone else so much, he either stabbed himself or threw himself into a river.

However, contrary to common belief, the Roman version isn't ''completely'' identical to the Greek one; Rome's own legends became closer to Greek mythology around the end of the monarchy and the foundation of TheRepublic. Ancient Greek and Roman religions descent from a common Proto-Indo-European religion, hence the similar characters. That said, Roman mythology was ''probably'' (though records are sparse) influenced by that of their closer neighbours - the Etruscans, while Greek mythology was ''probably'' influenced by their Near Eastern neighbours. Take, for instance, the emphasis on complicated divination methods that were alien to the Greeks or the fact that some of their gods, such as [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Mars]] or [[HeroWithBadPublicity Saturn]], are largely different from their Greek counterparts. The Roman religion (the actual practice of worshipping the gods in question) was also extremely different from the Greek one, dealing more with human representatives of the remote gods rather than stories of the gods themselves.

However, contrary to common belief, the Roman version isn't ''completely'' identical to the Greek one; Rome's own legends became closer to Greek mythology around the end of the monarchy and the foundation of TheRepublic. Before that, Roman mythology was ''probably'' (though records are sparse) more similar to that of their closer neighbours - the Etruscans. Take, for instance, the emphasis on complicated divination methods that were alien to the Greeks or the fact that some of their gods, such as [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Mars]] or [[HeroWithBadPublicity Saturn]], are largely different from their Greek counterparts. The Roman religion (the actual practice of worshipping the gods in question) was also extremely different from the Greek one, dealing more with human representatives of the remote gods rather than stories of the gods themselves.

* SoreLoser: PROTIP: If you ever find yourself in a friendly contest with a Greek god, ''throw the match.''