Mythology Today

Mythology can be seen in many places in the everyday lives of the United States. GreekMythologyToday.com aims to explain and show the examples of the ways mythology is shown in modern life. Although it mainly focuses on life in America, it gives examples of mythology in everything from pop culture to medical terms which can be relevant in a lot of other places as well. It also gives resources for people looking to study and find out more about how mythology affects today's society. On its homepage there is a brief description of the ways greek mythology is presented in modern culture. In the last paragraph of the introduction, they link the main topics of mythology in modern society.

Under the introduction you see icons with titles attached to them with links to the same topics as in the last paragraph (left). The topics include school names, words and phrases, companies and groups, US cities named from myths, Medical terms from mythology, American states and mythology, the zodiac and mythology, and music, film and tv from mythology. Each topic´s page has a different architecture to it.

In the topics of Medical terms from mythology, School nicknames, and US cities named from myths simply has a list while giving a brief description of where each name comes from. My home town, Olympia, Washington is named after Mt. Olympus, the home of the Gods and Olympia, Greece where the Olympics were first held. In other topics including Words and Phrases, Music, Film and TV, Companies and Groups, and the Zodiac and Mythology, there are sub topics on the page that link you to more detailed pages.

On every page including the home page, they have a line of links to different aspects of mythology for the reader to learn more about the things they talk about throughout the website. Each of those links comes to a page with names and link giving information about characters and themes within ancient mythology. As seen below, the author of this website uses fonts and graphics that both relate to the topics and engage the reader.

Although this website may be mainly for people in the United States, there is a lot of information about mythology. It provides useful resources for students, travelers, or even the curious minds looking to learn about mythology.