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1Being OlderThanFeudalism, Myth/ClassicalMythology is a prolific TropeNamer. It is one of 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).
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4* '''Primordials and Titans'''
5** AtlasPose
6** FireStolenFromTheGods (Prometheus)
7** GaiasVengeance
8** GodOfChaos
9** OurTitansAreDifferent
10** PrimordialChaos
11** TheUnderworld
12
13* '''Olympians'''
14** EverybodyHatesHades
15** EverybodyLovesZeus
16** FatherNeptune (Neptune isn't an example, but he's the TropeNamer none the less.)
17** TheFerryMan (Charon, ferryman of the dead is the TropeNamer and the UrExample.)
18** ForgedByTheGods
19** HadesShaded
20** LivingAphrodisiac
21** MercurysWings
22** OlympusMons (The Latin name of Mount Olympus, as a pun on {{Mon}}s)
23** ProngsOfPoseidon
24** SpearCounterpart (Named after the symbol for Mars.)
25
26* '''Monsters and Beasts'''
27** AnsweringEcho (Named after a nymph by the name "Echo".)
28** GorgeousGorgon
29** FaunsAndSatyrs
30** HydraProblem
31** {{Medusa}}
32** OurCentaursAreDifferent
33** OurSirensAreDifferent
34** {{Pegasus}}
35** ScyllaAndCharybdis
36** SirensAreMermaids
37** WesternZodiac
38
39* '''Hercules/Heracles'''
40** AllAmazonsWantHercules
41** TheHero (By way of etymology)
42** NemeanSkinning
43** WorldsStrongestMan
44
45* '''Amazons'''
46** AmazonBrigade
47** AmazonChaser
48** AmazonianBeauty
49** EffortlessAmazonianLift
50** NoGuyWantsAnAmazon
51
52* '''Bronze Age'''
53** AtTheCrossroads (After Hecate, goddess of crossroads and other stuff.)
54** DontLookBack (Orpheus's myth)
55** TheHecateSisters
56** {{Hermaphrodite}}
57*** EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite
58** UsefulNotes/OedipusComplex
59** OrpheanRescue
60** PygmalionPlot
61** WomanScorned (After Medea.)
62
63* '''Cypria'''
64** AppleOfDiscord
65
66* '''Iliad'''
67** AchillesInHisTent
68** TheCassandra
69** CassandraTruth
70** LauncherOfAThousandShips (Helen of Troy was this both literally and figuratively.)
71*** ShippingTropes
72** WorldsMostBeautifulWoman (Helen of Troy.)
73
74* '''Little Iliad'''
75** TrojanHorse
76*** TrojanPrisoner
77
78* '''Sack of Ilion'''
79** WatchingTroyBurn
80
81* '''Odyssey'''
82** LotusEaterMachine
83** TheMentor
84
85* '''Achilleid'''
86** AchillesHeel
87
88* '''Miscellany'''
89** IcarusAllusion
90** MidasTouch
91** TheseusShipParadox
92
93* '''It is also the Trope Namer for the Ages of Man'''
94** GoldenAge
95*** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks
96*** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood
97*** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation
98*** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
99** It stands to reason that these were also named by Classical Mythology.
100*** MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks
101*** MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks
102*** MediaNotes/TheIronAgeOfComicBooks
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