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    A copious amount of entertainment companies and tv shows subtly incorporate greek myths, heroes, gods, or deities into their cinematic films. The well known alphabet also originated in ancient Greece as many citizens used it as a form of communication so they created English as a primary language. The United States has a democracy that the Greeks first started to be their governmental hierarchy system.

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    A copious amount of entertainment companies and tv shows subtly incorporate greek myths, heroes, gods, or deities into their cinematic films. The well known alphabet also originated in ancient Greece as many citizens used it as a form of communication so they created English as a primary language. The United States has a democracy that the Greeks first started to be their governmental hierarchy system.

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    Wong1

    CamrinHWong
    Ms.Orloff
    EnglishI
    18May2015
    GreekMythologyCoursesThroughtheModernSociety
    Government,language,alphabet,entertainment,younameit!Greekmythologyhas
    impactedit.Variousaspectsofthemodernsocietyhasbeenalteredorcompletelytransformedto
    mimicthewaysofGreekculture.Acopiousamountofentertainmentcompaniesandtelevision
    showssubtlyincorporateGreekmyths,heroes,gods,ordeitiesintotheircinematicfilms.
    Forexample,theworldrenownedLionKing,depictstheunderworldastheelephant
    graveyardandCerberus,whoisadogwith3headsthatguardstheunderworldalongsideHades,
    isportrayedasthe3atrocioushyenas,Shenzi,Banzai,andEd.TheOlympicsalsooriginated
    fromGreekmythologyasitwasacompetitiondevotedforGodsorheroeslikeHerculesto
    competeinandearngoldandglory.Corporationsandentertainmentfacilitiesareabletoteach
    theaudienceaboutGreekmythologywithouttheaudienceknowingtheirlearning.Inthe
    book/movieseriesPercyJacksonandtheLightningThief,manydifferentGodsandheroesare
    portrayedwiththeirfeatureswhichallowsviewerstogainasmallunderstandingaboutthem.
    ThewellknownA,B,CalphabetalsooriginatedinancientGreeceasmanycitizensused
    itasaformofcommunicationsotheycreatedEnglishasaprimarylanguage,buttheyalso
    developedmanyothersthatfallundertheGermaniclanguagebranchintheIndoEuropean

    Wong2
    languagefamily.TheA,B,Csalsocontributeasanaspectofsomecorporationsnamesandit
    alsoaffectsthenamesoflocations,landscapes,andotherlandmarks.
    GreecewasalsooneoftheworldsfirstcitiessowhenEuropeansbegantodevelop,they
    automaticallyinheritedsomeoftheiraspectslikearchitectureandgovernmentintotheirsociety
    thenwhentheycolonizedotherculturesandgroups,theyadoptedGreekculturesaswell.The
    UnitedStateshasademocracythattheGreeksfirststartedtobetheirgovernmentalhierarchy
    systemandgenerationaftergeneration,thesystemwasslightlyaltereduntilitwasunderthe
    UnitedStatesandmanyothercountries.
    AnotherstupendousinnovationthattheGreekshavebestoweduponuswouldbetheir
    attractivearchitecturethatknownlandmarks/memorialshaveincorporatedintotheirstructures
    liketheWhiteHouse,oranyofficialcongressbuildingwithadomedroof,andtheLincoln
    memorialwithitsvariousgreekpillarslikethedoricpillars,roundbaseandstraightstance.
    SomeauthorsandphilosophersofGreekmythologybelievethatifthemoderngeneration
    wasinstilledwithknowledgeoracravingforknowledgeforGreekmythology,theywillgrow
    upalwayswantingtolearnmore,whichiswhyRickRiordantriestoapplythistohissons.
    AlthoughGreekcultureandmythologyhasgreatlyaffectedourlives,ithasntimpacted
    ourlivesenoughwherepeopleactuallywanttolearnmoreaboutGreekmythsotherthan
    watchingthemostpopularfilmsthatjustsubtlyincludedifferentmythologicalaspectsintothem.
    ThevastmajorityofpeopleareunawarethatGreekmythologyaffectsthemodernsociety,but
    timeistheonlyantidotetothatpoison.Theworldwillbeawareoncetheyjustopentheireyes.

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