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What are some modern day things named after greek gods or places?
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∙ 12y ago
Apollo space shuttle
Nike's
Movie: Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus
Atlas
All the planets
Many dwarf planets and moons
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoim sure there are mean than this, but Athens is all iknow. its named after the greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. she and poseiden(not sure of the spelling) had a copetition judged by Zeus to see who got Athens. poseiden gave the mortals of athens a salt water spring. athena gave the olive tree which one over the mortals.
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∙ 11y agoThere's the Prometheus ActivBoard used by some public schools in America.
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What places are associated with Athena?
Athena was a city-goddess, and was adopted by many Greek cities, most notably Athens which was named after her, and her temple dominated the acropolis there.
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Is the word panic named after a place?
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no but there is a street named Orpheus Place in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Why are things named the way they are?
Probably from Greek and Latin words.
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Modern things named after greek mythology?
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The Greek word meaning "things in the Atmosphere"
What are the places named by the Spaniards?
what are the places named by the spaniards
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No ocean is named after the atlas. The atlas is a compendium of maps. The Atlantic ocean, however, was named after Atlas, a character in Greek mythology. The atlas was also named for him, as well as many other things.
The Greek father god was named?
The Greek father god was named Zeus.
