History ReferencedBy / ClassicalMythology

* Music/TearsForFears: The song "Fish Out of Water" includes the Roman sea god in the verse "Now in Neptune's kitchen you will be food for killer whales".

* ''{{Theatre/Hamilton}}'': Angelica compares Hamilton to Icarus in "Burn".

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'', Ariel's father is named Triton, though it's unclear if he's meant to be the Triton of myth.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid "Part of Your World"]]:

* In WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}, Luisa, who has the gift of SuperStrength, is compared to Hercules in some situations. When she is doing her chores to help the village, she is asked to re-route a river, similar to how the hero changed the direction of a river to clean the Augean Stables and complete his Fifth Labor, and in her song "Surface Pressure", she directly compares herself to him by saying how he never ran away from his expectations, like fighting Cerberus in his Thelfth Labor.

* ''Westernanimation/ShrekForeverAfter'': When Harold tells Lillian asking for help from {{Literature/Rumpelstiltskin}} is a bad idea, she tells him he is highly recommended by King Midas. This implies Rumpelstiltskin was the one who gave Midas the ability of if he touches anything it turns into gold, while in the original myth it was Dionysus giving it to him.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* In the ''Film/MonsterHunter'' movie adaptation, the main character's name is Artemis.

** Mercury Black is named for both the element mercury and its namesake, the god Mercury. Mercury's WeaponOfChoice is his cybernetic legs, and he later wears boots that have wing designs on them.
** Velvet's WeaponOfChoice is called the Anesidora, a box that copies the attacks of her allies. When it is first introduced, she's told to save it for later, and when she does, it's during a devastating invasion by the villains in a season finale that would've ended hopelessly if what remained of the heroes hadn't continued to move forward. Anesidora is another name for Pandora.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''

*** Meanwhile, N's foster older sisters are named Anthea and Concordia, Anthea being an epithet for Hera and Concordia being the Greek goddess of harmony (Harmonia's Greek counterpart). In international dubs, Anthea and Concordia have the titles of goddess/muse of love and peace, respectively. Additionally, in the French dub, Anthea's name is Venus instead.

** Delphox is named for the Oracle of Delphi and is said to have clairvoyance.

* In WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}, Luisa, who has the gift of SuperStrenght, is compared to Hercules in some situations. When she is doing her chores to help the village, she is asked to re-route a river, similar to how the hero changed the direction of a river to clean the Augean Stables and complete his Fifth Labor, and in her song "Surface Pressure", she directly compares herself to him by saying how he never ran away from his expectations, like fighting Cerberus in his Thelfth Labor.

* In ''Series/TheChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'', the Witches worship Hecate, the goddess of magic.

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* ''Film/JurassicWorld'': The ''Indominus Rex'' is exceptionally vicious mainly because she was raised in isolation and was artificially created to exaggerate her predator traits. In some versions of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], the Minotaur--an unnatural hybrid of human and bull--was a man-eater because, as an unnatural creature, it had no natural prey and had to eat manflesh instead, and was ''also'' raised in the isolation of the Labyrinth. Just like ''Indominus''.
* ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'' contains a few nods to the story of Orpheus.
* ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' is a reference to the tale of Prometheus stealing fire from the gods for humanity, as the film is about humans trying to learn about their origins and end up meeting their AbusivePrecursors who were bioengineers.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Anakin Skywalker is named after Ananke, the Greek goddess of [[YouCantFightFate inevitability]], compulsion, and necessity.
** General Jan Dodonna is named for Dodona, an ancient Greco-Roman oracle that was second in fame to the Oracle of Delphi.
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': In the OpeningMonologue, the quote "Give someone wings, and they may fly too close to the sun" refers to the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus.

** In ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' and ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'', the current Wonder Woman was apparently a statue brought to life, mirroring the tale of Pygmalion and Galatea, which is also a MythologyGag (HistoryRepeats?) as that myth was also an inspiration for Diana's origin story.

* In ''ComicBook/TheOldGuard'', main character Andromache "Andy" of Scythia has at least three namesakes: the wife of Hector from ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Theater/{{Andromache}}'', an Amazonian queen, and a woman who was almost sacrificed to the Minotaur.

** The entry for "Phospherous" explains that the Greeks figured out that the "morning star" and "evening star" were actually the same planet, so they named it Aphrodite from Greek Myth. The Roman name for the same goddess is {{UsefulNotes/Venus}}.

** The entries for "Volcano" and "Vulcanize" both mention the god Vulcan, and the former also mentions Hephaestus and ''Literature/TheIliad'' because Hephaestus is assumed to use Mt Etna as a forge.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': The episode introducing Mark Mardon as Weather Wizard has him introduce himself to Joe West in front of a wall piece depicting the Olympian gods. It can be read as a reference to his weather powers (bringing to mind Zeus/Jupiter and Poseidon/Neptune), although it's also meant to be a reference to [[Creator/LiamMcIntyre his actor]] being Series/{{Spartacus}}, who hates Romans and tells them that their gods won't save them.

** Neopolitan's creator/birth name was Trivia Vanille. Trivia was the Roman goddess of crossroads (specifically, three-way crossroads — a partial reference to Neo's three colors based on Neapolitan ice cream). Her closest friend is also named ''Roman'' Torchwick.

* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Cassandra is named for [[CassandraTruth the prophet Cassandra]], as part of her character arc is being frustrated that [[NaiveNewcomer Rapunzel]] won't listen to her and that she is being ignored in favor of people like her.

* In ''ComicBook/TheOldGuard'', main character Andromache "Andy" of Scythia has at least three namesakes: the wife of Hector from ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Theatre/{{Andromache}}'', an Amazonian queen, and a woman who was almost sacrificed to the Minotaur.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Surprisingly enough for a game about gods, the references to classical mythology are limited to a couple of names and related words.
** Aether, the male protagonist option, is named for the primordial Greek god of the same name. Aether represented the upper air, or aether, that the gods breathe, as opposed to the normal air that mortals breathe. Like the game's Aether, the god Aether also had a twin sister, whose name is Hemera.

** General Jan Dodonna is named for Dodona, an ancient Greco-Roman oracle that was second in fame to the Oracle of Delphi.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Thrawn's flagship is called the ''Chimaera'', which in-universe is a monster that also has different traits from various creatures. Starting in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', the ''Chimaera'' also depicts the creature on the bottom of the ship.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Sumdac is backwards for Cadmus, the first Greek hero who also forged more heroes from dragon teeth, befitting how Professor Sumdac reverse-engineered Megatron's remains to advance human technology. Through Megatron's deceitful advice, Professor Sumdac was also able to construct Soundwave, the Recordicons, and the Dinobots.

** All characters in the franchise allude to a character from a fairytale, myth, history, or pop culture. Pyrrha Nikos's allusion is [[Literature/TheIliad Achilles]], and she goes through a HeroicBSOD (referencing AchillesInHisTent), [[spoiler:a PyrrhicVictory, and getting killed by an arrow to the AchillesHeel before being immolated into ashes (as Achilles was cremated after his death)]]. Additionally, Pyrrha's name is both a reference to "pyrrhic victory" and one of the possible names that Achilles took on when he crossdressed. It's possible she was also named for Pyrrha of Thessaly from the tale of Deucalion and Pyrrha, who was the daughter of Pandora — Pyrrha Nikos had a large role in the events that involved the show's "Pandora's Box" described below.

** Iris West, [[ComicBook/TheFlash the love interest of the second Flash and the aunt of Kid Flash]], is named for Iris, the Greek goddess who served as a messenger for the gods alongside Hermes. Similar to Hermes, Iris was said to move at the speed of wind.

** Project Cadmus is named for Cadmus, the first hero and monster slayer in Greek myth and was known for creating heroes from dragon teeth. In the comics, Project Cadmus was a secret bioweapon project experimenting in DNA to create clones and monsters, though in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', [[AudienceColoringAdaptation most people]] know Project Cadmus as a secret anti-superhero contingency government cabinet that also dabbled in clones on the side as their own ways to combat the Justice League and other superheroes that they feared would turn against humanity.

** Neopolitan's creator/birth name was Trivia Vanille. Trivia was the Roman goddess of crossroads (specifically, three-way crossroads — a partial reference to Neo's three Neapolitan ice cream colors). Her closest friend is also named ''Roman'' Torchwick.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': More for the franchise as a whole, but the way Maul always ends up falling from grace, right when it seems he clawed his way back to the top, has been compared to the tale of Sisyphus by Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr and Creator/SamWitwer.