page_title: Greek mythology in popular culture
section_title: In film and television
hierarchical_section_title: Greek mythology in popular culture / In film and television
caption_attribution_description: English: Stiliyan Ivanov Orpheus Български: Стилиян Иванов - Истината за Орфей
context_page_description: Elements of Greek mythology appear many times in culture, including pop culture. The Greek myths spread beyond the Hellenistic world when adopted into the culture of ancient Rome, and Western cultural movements have frequently incorporated them ever since, particularly since the Renaissance. Mythological elements feature in Renaissance art and in English poems, as well as in film and in other literature, and in songs and commercials. Along with the Bible and the classics-saturated works of Shakespeare, the myths of Greece and Rome have been the major "touchstone" in Western culture for the past 500 years.
  Elements appropriated or incorporated include the gods of varying stature, humans, demigods, titans, giants, monsters, nymphs, and famed locations. Their use can range from a brief allusion to the use of an actual Greek character as a character in a work. Some types of creatures—such as centaurs and nymphs—are used as a generic type rather than individuated characters out of myth.
caption: A director providing instructions to actors during a film production of the story of Orpheus
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