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3.Science * It is difficult to fairly ascribe to Greece the roots of science, since science as a recognizable discipline only became distinguishable rather recently, but for most of history what we consider science has been entwined with philosophy and politics, and in that form the Greeks (particularly Archimedes) were once more the progenitors. To this end, they created the first siege engines, the first alarm clock, and many other inventions. * Greek mythology s impact on modern societies can be seen on any clear night. Many constellations are named after characters or monsters from Greek myths, including Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Hercules and Gemini. * EXAMPLE All of the planets and most of the moons in the solar system are also named after Greek mythological characters, although the planets have been given Roman versions of the Greek names. Even our Earth was named after a Greek myth: Another name for our planet is Gaia, the name of the Greek earth mother. * Uranus(天王星),Jupiter(木星),Pluto(冥王星),Neptune(海王星),Venus(金星) 希腊神话中的人物的名称还进入了科技和军事领域。美国科学家把探索太空的计划命名为阿波罗计划，用海神的象征三叉戟(Trident)给潜水艇命名。 Greek mythology figures also enter the name of the science and technology and military fields. American scientists plan to explore space named Apollo program, a symbol of the Trident with Poseidon (Trident) submarines to the name. * 4.Literature * Whether it is epic. Reasoning poetry, tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, history, biography, geography, philosophy, all the works are prominently reflected the spirit of the ancient Greeks. Such as of Virgil ’s Aeneid ,Ovid ’s Met amorphosis (and Horace ’s 0des all references Greek mythology. * Greek mythology Acura love, and blessed the struggle between good and evil, praise the magic and beauty of nature, to celebrate the heroism portrayed the pain and struggle of the individual. In the history of English literature from Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare and Milton to Shelley, Keats, Byron and other poets and writers, their works almos