History TropeNamers / Classicalmythology

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** OedipusComplex

** TheHero

** AchillesHeel

** AppleOfDiscord

** TrojanPrisoner

** WorldsMostBeautifulWoman (Helen of Troy.)

** CupidHatesOddCouples

** EnthrallingSiren

* '''Hercules'''

Being OlderThanFeudalism, Myth/ClassicalMythology is a prolific TropeNamer. It is one the biggest TropeNamers on this site. It is one of only two works on this site to have [[TropeNamer named over 50 Tropes]] (the other one being Literature/TheBible).

Being OlderThanFeudalism, Myth/ClassicalMythology is a prolific TropeNamer. It is the biggest TropeNamer on this site. It is one of only two works on this site to have [[TropeNamer named over 50 Tropes]] (the other one being Literature/TheBible).

** AtlasPose: Atlas' pose basically.
** GaiasVengeance: Mother earth was a vengeful woman.
** GodOfChaos: The first being in the Universe, Chaos, is the TropeNamer, being the EldritchAbomination personification of the primordial void that predated all existence.
** OurTitansAreDifferent: The parents of the Gods.
** PrimordialChaos: Before the Universe existed, there was naught but a "gaping void" / unordered "matter" that was known only as "Chaos", from which all existence sprung forth.
** TheUnderworld: Pretty much the Greeks' answer to hell, Tartarus would line up with the Bible's Abbaddon, river of fire or bottomless pit.

** CupidHatesOddCouples: Named after Cupid, the Roman counterpart to the Greek god of love Eros.
** EverybodyHatesHades: Hades being cast as a villain in modern works because he was the God of the Dead. In the actual myths he was one of the nicer Gods.
** EverybodyLovesZeus: The opposite of the above. Zeus was kind of a dick to say the least, but gets portrayed as a good guy in modern works due to his associations with light and the sky.
** FatherNeptune: Neptune isn't an example, but he's the TropeNamer none the less.
** TheFerryMan: Charon, ferryman of the dead is the TropeNamer and the UrExample.
** ForgedByTheGods: Hephastus, God of the Forge is the TropeNamer. If there's any powerful weapons or master craftworking in a myth, 9 times out of 10 it was made by him.
** HadesShaded: Hades when he's darkened, or when people tan while in his realm.
** LivingAphrodisiac: Named for the Goddess of love.
** MercurysWings: Winged feet or wings on the head, named by Mercury, the messenger of the Roman Gods.
** ProngsOfPoseidon: Poseidons trident is the Trope Namer.
** SpearCounterpart: Named after the symbol for Mars.

** AnsweringEcho: Named after a nymph by the name "Echo".
** GorgeousGorgon: Sort of. Gorgons weren't beautiful, but this is for when they are.
** EnthrallingSiren: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** FaunsAndSatyrs: Creatures from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** HydraProblem: Named for the Hydra who grew two heads to replace one that was cut.
** {{Medusa}}: The lady with the snake hair. Contrary to popular belief, she was not a monster, nor was she actually evil.
** OurCentaursAreDifferent: Half man and half horse.
** {{Pegasus}}: Winged horse.
** ScyllaAndCharybdis: Monsters from the Odyssey.
** SirensAreMermaids: Sort of. Sirens are from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** WesternZodiac: The constellations are based on or in some cases named by characters from Myth/ClassicalMythology. Mostly monsters.

** AllAmazonsWantHercules: Hercules is a co-TropeNamer (the Amazons being the other one). The Amazon queen Hippolyta, who was a strong independent woman, fell in love with Hercules.
** NemeanSkinning: Hercules is the TropeNamer of this one too.
** WorldsStrongestMan: Hercules. However, unlike Helen he was stronger than the Gods too.

** AmazonBrigade: Sort of. An Amazon is a member of the tribe of Warrior Women in Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** AmazonChaser: Characters who are attracted to an woman ''because'' of her Amazon-like traits.

** AtTheCrossroads: The goddess Hecate is, among many other things, the deity of crossroads.
** DontLookBack: Orpheus went to TheUnderworld to get his wife after she died. Hades, Lord of the Underworld told him that he could take his wife so long as he didn't look back before getting out of the Underworld. He did right before leaving.
** TheHecateSisters: The Maiden, the mother, and the crone. Named for the Goddess.
** {{Hermaphrodite}}: Half man and half woman.

** OedipusComplex: Kill the father and marry the mother.
** OrpheanRescue: Get someone back who is lost in an unconventional sense
** PygmalionPlot: Falling in love with your creation.
** WomanScorned: Medea is the TropeNamer. She sacrificed a lot for Jason because she loved him. Then he ditched her. That was a bad idea.

** AchillesHeel: Named for Achilles' heel. In the story of Achilles, his mother made him NighInvulnerable in every part of the body except for his heel. Didn't end well for him.
** AchillesInHisTent: Another one named by Achilles. Achilles' BeautifulSlaveGirl Briseis was taken away from him by Agammemnon, so in anger he chose not fight for the Greeks. Considering the fact that he was their ace it really screwed them over.
** AppleOfDiscord: The Apple of Discord that caused UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar.
** TheCassandra: Someone who is not believed, even though they speak the truth.
** CassandraTruth: Cassandra was a princess of Troy who could read the future, but was cursed to never be believed.
** LauncherOfAThousandShips: Helen of Troy is the indirect TropeNamer (since the trope itself has a PunnyName.) So beautiful that almost every prince in Greece wanted to marry her. Her father, who was afraid of upsetting them, was advised by Odysseus, to make them take an oath that they'd protect her should anything happen to her. Then Paris came along and eloped with her. And suddenly a 1000 Greek ships were setting off for Troy.
** TrojanHorse: A tactic, where a group or person pretends to give up and offers a gift. They hide in that gift, in order to pass their enemies defenses and catch them off guard.
** TrojanPrisoner: The TrojanHorse without the gift.
** WatchingTroyBurn: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Helen of Troy again. Aphrodite was considered the most beautiful if we're counting the Gods though.

** LotusEaterMachine: A hallucination-creating machine, named for the island of the lotus-eaters in Literature/TheOdyssey.
** TheMentor: The guise that Athena took to advise Telemachus.

** TheHero: The word was first used for Greek mythology.
** IcarusAllusion: Icarus got over-eager on his ability to fly and flew too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings and causing him to plunge to his death.
** MidasTouch: Dionysus gave King Midas the ability to transform everything he touched into gold. Midas soon regretted doing this after he can't eat anything, and in some versions of the myth he turns his daughter into gold.
** TheseusShipParadox: If a ship slowly has all of its parts replaced is it the same ship? The actual philosophy questions whether the "real ship" should be Ship A with all the original components, or Ship B with the entire history of the ship. A metaphor for human growth or something. Theseus was the guy that killed the Minotaur.

** AmazonianBeauty: Same as above.
** NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Amazons again.

** PrimordialChaos: EldritchAbomination and personification of Chaos. The first being in the Universe, Chaos is the TropeNamer.

** OurTitansAreDifferent: The parents of the Gods.

** HadesShaded: Hades when he's darkened, or when people tan while in his realm.
** ForgedByTheGods: Hephastus, God of the Forge is the TropeNamer. If there's any powerful weapons or master craftworking in a myth, 9 times out of 10 it was made by him.

** AllAmazonsWantHercules: Hercules is the first co-TropeNamer. The Amazon queen Hippolyta, who was a strong independent woman, fell in love with Hercules.

** AllAmazonsWantHercules: The Amazons are the second co-TropeNamer. The Amazon queen Hippolyta, who was a strong independent woman, fell in love with Hercules.

** AmazonChaser: Characters who are attracted to an woman ''because'' of her Amazon-like traits.

** TheCassandra: Someone who is not believed, even though they speak the truth.

** ScyllaAndCharybdis: Monsters from the Odyssey.

** OurTitansAreDifferent: The parents of the Gods.

** CupidHatesOddCouples: Cupid.

** {{Pegasus}}: Flying Horse.

** AnsweringEcho

** AllAmazonsWantHercules: Named by Hercules. The Amazon queen Hippolyta, who was a strong independent woman, fell in love with Hercules.
** AtlasPose: Atlas' pose basically.
** TheHero: The word was first used for Greek mythology. In fact, hero is derived from Heracles.
** HydraProblem: Named for the Hydra who grew two heads to replace one that was cut.

** PygmalionPlot: Falling in love with your creation.

** AtTheCrossroads

** {{Icarus Allusion}}: Icarus got over-eager on his ability to fly and flew too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings and causing him to plunge to his death.