Translation for 'classical mythology' from English to Polish

classical mythology

mitologia {f} klasycznamitol.

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classical

klasyczny {adj}

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classical ballet

balet {m} klasycznytaniec

classical guitar

gitara {f} klasycznamuz.

classical music

muzyka {f} klasycznamuz.

mythology

mitologia {f}

Roman mythology

mitologia {f} rzymskamitol.

Greek mythology

mitologia {f} greckamitol.

Celtic mythology

mitologia {f} celtyckamitol.

Germanic mythology

mitologia {f} germańskamitol.

• It was one of the three great Western story cycles recalled repeatedly in medieval literature, together with the Matter of France, which concerned the legends of Charlemagne, and the Matter of Rome, which included material derived from or inspired by classical mythology.
• In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
• The trident is the weapon of Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman), the god of the sea in classical mythology.
• A second interpretation of poppies in Classical mythology is that the bright scarlet colour signifies a promise of resurrection after death.
• Waldrop's stories combine elements such as alternative history, American popular culture, the American South, old movies (and character actors), classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music.

• Every argues that "the disparagement of myth in our own civilization" stems partly from objections to perceived idolatry, objections which intensified in the Reformation, both among Protestants and among Catholics reacting against the classical mythology revived during the Renaissance.
• In classical mythology, Hylas (...) was a youth who served as Heracles's (Roman Hercules) companion and servant.
• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (1913) pointed out that the serpent as an attribute of both Hermes and Asclepius is a variant of the "pre-historic semi-chthonic serpent hero known at Delphi as Python", who in classical mythology is slain by Apollo.
• The wild man, wild man of the woods, or woodwose/wodewose is a mythical figure and motif that appears in the art and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to "Silvanus", the Roman god of the woodlands.
• The "Sibylline Oracles" are a valuable source for information about classical mythology and early first millennium Gnostic, Hellenistic Jewish and Christian beliefs.

• Qiu composes verse with a wide range of metaphors and allusions that mix classical mythology with revolutionary rhetoric.
• It remained common for poets of the period to write on themes from classical mythology; Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" and the Christopher Marlowe/George Chapman "Hero and Leander" are examples of this kind of work.
• Callisto being seduced by Zeus/Jupiter in disguise was also a popular subject, usually called "Jupiter and Callisto"; it was the clearest common subject with lesbian lovers from classical mythology.
• In classical mythology, the quadriga is the chariot of the gods; the god of the sun Helios (often identified with Apollo, the god of light) was depicted driving his quadriga across the heavens, delivering daylight and dispersing the night.