the oracle at Delphi says-

[grassangel]

Apparently young people do not read Greek myths any more. Which is why critics say Percy and the Lightning Thief is a good thing, as opposed to Hercules or Xena.
I am vaguely confused by this, as I knew who Zeus was before I was eight. Okay, so I can't name all the Argonauts but the fact that I know what the Elysian Fields are is apparently ODD.

Basically what I really wanted to say is: I'VE READ HERODOTUS, I KNOW MORE PLACE NAMES THAN YOU DO.

(This is vaguely aimed at the Doctor Who fandom/canon where appropriation of Greek names is rampant.)
(Also, the all-caps statement above does not apply to about half of my flist, as I know some of you could name all the Argonauts.)

Comments

[hikaru-9.livejournal.com]

With a given name like 'Athena' You tend to go search these things out. I get people all the time that come up to me and say, "oh that's pretty, wasn't she the goddess of love?"

:/

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

The fact there are adults in the English speaking world going around not knowing these things scares me a little.

Theoretically, with my name, I'd be doing the exact same thing. (Which I have, which lead to me attempting to read 'Daphnis et Chloe' and learning that Chloris was a Greek goddess.)
Also, I'm vaguely jealous, because you get to have owls, chess and mpreg (kinda) related to your name, while I just get goats, pirates and plants.