classical mythology

1. 1.

   the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks

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Questions about classical mythology

What does classical mythology mean?

classical mythology means "the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks".

Is classical mythology a common word?

classical mythology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.