Trackign down the source of Engel on the keys to Western CUlture

[rocking]

What I meant is: Japanese (and Korean) culture is always compared to the Chinese culture;the comparisons usually conclude with much of their resemblance to the CHinese culture. The exaggerated presence of Chinese influence often overshadows the merits and achievements of other nations. That is something I don't like.

Yes, many of my friends who visited Janpan would rank Koyto their favorite city.

[konungursvia]

To revive the topic: I listen all the time to a jazz station here in Toronto, and it's remarkable how many incarnations there are of the standard "What a little moonlight can do." One came on just now, and I thought of this old thread.

In this case, "moonlight" is taken as a sign of romance, and it is a long about love.

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, and the Greeks are the spreaders of the Western image of the moon as associated with love (their story was likely inspire by Astarte, the Sumerian moon goddess who may be a precursor to Aphrodite).

Moonstruck is my mother's favourite film, and it shares the main premise.

So I think the examples of Greek mythology permeating modern culture are numerous.

Even the Western propensity for science, logic, technology and theoretical investigation are inherited straight from the Greeks.

Can anyone think of any other examples in modern culture?

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by konungursvia

To revive the topic: I listen all the time to a jazz station here in Toronto, and it's remarkable how many incarnations there are of the standard "What a little moonlight can do." One came on just now, and I thought of this old thread.

In this case, "moonlight" is taken as a sign of romance, and it is a long about love.

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, and the Greeks are the spreaders of the Western image of the moon as associated with love (their story was likely inspire by Astarte, the Sumerian moon goddess who may be a precursor to Aphrodite).
Wasn't Artemis/Selene the Greek moon goddess? And Hecate?

Moonstruck is my mother's favourite film, and it shares the main premise.
I'm not sure that the moon being related to romantic love is necessarily a Western, let alone a Greek, idea. Moon -> night -> sex. Pagans and Wiccans especially worship the moon. The moon has been linked symbolically with women's monthly cycles, and hence is a symbol of fertily.

So I think the examples of Greek mythology permeating modern culture are numerous.

Even the Western propensity for science, logic, technology and theoretical investigation are inherited straight from the Greeks.
I'm pretty sure you're still conflating mythology with philosophy here.

Can anyone think of any other examples in modern culture?

Of ancient Greek influence on modern Western culture, or of the influence of Greek mythology? It's a totally different thesis.
Some of the bawdy comedies of Aristophanes obviously influence British comedy with their tits and bums humour.
Shakespeare wrote a few Greek plays - Timon of Athens, Pericles ... - not as famous as his Roman ones though.