Mentor was a famous tutor/teacher
in ancient Greek mythology:
Mentor, Minnesota
Mentor, Ohio
Mercury was the Roman name for
the Greek
god Hermes, winged messenger to the gods:
Mercury, Nevada
Mount Olympus was
the lofty home of the ancient gods.
From Olympus we get place names such as:
Olympic Valley, California
Olympia Heights, Florida
Olympia Fields, Illinois
Olympia, Kentucky
East Olympia, Virginia
Olympia, Washington
The nine Muses in
Greek mythology were the ones who
inspired the arts, sciences, music and all things cultural:
Muse, Pennsylvania
Neptune was the Roman name for
Poseidon,
Greek god of the sea:
Neptune Beach, Florida
Neptune, New Jersey
Neptune City, New Jersey
Orestes was the tragic figure
who killed his mother, Clytaemnestra, and was pursued by the
Furies, in the tragedy Oresteia by
Aeschylus:
Orestes, Indiana
Pandora (all-gifted) was the
first mortal woman. Her curiosity made her open up a jar (box),
which unleashed all the world's evils upon the earth:
Pandora, Ohio
Pandora, Texas
Paris was the Trojan prince who ran away with
beautiful
Helen, an act which caused the famous Trojan War:
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas