Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 155 Proceedings of the 2020 2nd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCl 2020) Analysis of the Influence of Greek Mythology Upon English Culture Cui Xiaoxi1, * 1Tourism School, Shandong Women’s University, Jinan, Shandong, 250300, China *Corresponding author. Email:
[email protected] ABSTRACT The Greek mythology is the creation of ancient Greek people and is originated from the old Aegean culture. It is a representative of the brilliant civilization of ancient people in Europe. Through history, the Greek mythology has greatly influenced the development of the European culture. As an important part of European culture, the English culture has also been greatly influenced by the Greek mythology. This paper mainly discusses the influence of Greek mythology upon English culture, including the analysis of its influence upon English language and English literature. From the analysis, we can see that the impacts of Greek mythology cannot be ignored in the study of English culture. That is to say, the explanation and understanding of Greek mythology can help us to better understand the English language and English literature. Keywords: Greek mythology, influence, English culture 1. INTRODUCTION mythology upon English culture, mainly in the aspects of language and literature. The word mythology which comes from Greek ordinarily refers to stories of gods or other supernatural beings handed down from ancient times. It often includes a body 2. THE INFLUENCE OF GREEK of folklore, myths and legends that a particular culture MYTHOLOGY UPON ENGLISH believes to be true. In ancient times, because of the LANGUAGE underdevelopment of science and technology, people often explain nature, universe and social life through many To discuss our topic, we should firstly talk about the supernatural ways.