Greek Mythology Article: Products and companies named after Greek Mythology

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Products and companies named after Greek Mythology

posted by Juaniallermann2

Products:

Phoenix- a car manufactured by Pontiac

Trident (that Poseidon carries)- a brand of gum

Titan- a model of full-sized trucks manufactured by Nissan

Trojan- a brand of condoms

Hermes- Hermes bags/purses. Hermes is also the logo of FTD flowers

Atlas- Atlas, a book of maps

Ajax- Ajax, the popular household cleanser

Apollo- a car manufactured by Buick
Versace- the logo for Versace is actually a representation of Medusa

Olympus- company that manufactures cameras

Starbuck's- the logo of Starbuck's is a Siren

Dove soap- Dove soap was inspired by Aphrodite's symbol the dove, and Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, among other things

Odyssey- Odyssey, a minvan manufactured by Honda

Echo- a car manufactured by Toyota.

Electra- a car manufactured by Buick

Eos- a convertible manufactured by Volkswagen

Companies:

Argus- Argus Security

Pegasus- Pegasus Satellite

Orion- Orion Pictures Corporation

Midas- Midas the automotive company specializing in brakes and mufflers

Amazon- Amazon.com

Apollo- the Apollo Theater in NYC and also the Apollo Space Program

Atlas- Atlas Van Lines, a moving company

obeythetacoman, mei97 and 8 others like this

Jill_17 You did a great job!!!!!

jennah142 Would you happen to know any other products named after greek gods and goddesses?

jennah142 If so could you email it to me to my adress, if so it's jennahxnicole@aim.com

emiehs96 Nike: a shoe company named after the godess of flight

emiehs96 i meant Goddess of victory

Andreane WOW!!

Merribelle Let's not forget that all our planets are named after the Roman gods, who were copied from the Greek gods! And I'm not sure, but is Saturn really Demeter? The god/goddess of the harvest?

TTT3 there are many others. www.zeus.com www.poseidon.com www.hades.com HYDRA is a terrorist organization in dc marvel.

Emily_is_COOl @Merribelle - Saturn=Kronos Nice job!!!

truitt34 dont forget trojan condoms, or goodyear (hermes winged shoe in the logo)

cubsrule Saturn=Kronos, Demeter=Ceres

loveangel123456 http://images.fanpop.com/images/emoticons/cool.jpg there is posiden inc

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Apollo & the Sun Horses

added by SRitchieable

Source: S. Ritchie (montage)

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Artemis the tale of Iphigenia

posted by storm-hawk

Iphigenia is usually called the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. Agamemnon had angered the goddess Artemis. In order to propitiate the goddess, Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia at Aulis where the Achaean fleet was impatiently waiting for a wind to cross over to Troy. In order to trick Iphigenia into coming, Agamemnon sent word to Clytemnestra that Iphigenia was to marry Achilles, so Clytemnestra willingly brought her daughter to the wedding/sacrifice. Iphigenia, sometimes portrayed as brave enough to impress Achilles, realized her self-sacrifice was what the Greeks needed.

In some versions of the story, Artemis saves Iphigenia at the last minute.

In revenge for the trickery and killing of their daughter Iphigenia, Clytemnestra killed her husband when he returned from the Trojan War.

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Thetis dipping Achilles into de river Styx

added by Juaniallermann2

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Persephone's return

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Athena

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Hera

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Athena

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Artemis the tale of Niobe

posted by storm-hawk

Artemis and her brother were passionate. And one person they both loved dearly, beyond each other (for their bond was almost comletely unbreakable), was their mother Leto. The twins loved and defended their mother with a passion unparalleled, and woe to the god or mortal who offended her. One such woman was named Niobe. Now, I have little pity for Niobe, because she was just stupid. She had the gall to complain loudly that people paid too much respect to Leto. She cried that Leto had only two children, where she had seven boys and seven girls. Hmmmm. Not for long, smartgirl. Once the twins heard they came to her house and Apollo shot everyone of the boys with his golden arrows of extreme pain. Artemis shot the girls with her painless silver arrows, and they all lay down on their beds and died. Some stories say that the youngest girl, Chloris, was spared, but it is unclear why. Niobe wept uncontrollably, and I think some kind god turned her into a rock.