How does Adidas relate to Greek mythology?

I'm doing a project for school about how Greek terms are often still used today. One of those terms is "Adidas." I've managed to research all of the other topics and find answers, but this one I can find no info on. Can someone help me please :) And if you have the information about the myth, please tell me.|||u are mixing up adidas with nike . nike company are references to athena -nike the goddess of victory(nike is one of athena's persona the parthenon has 2 temples one errected to athena -nike) its a common mistunderstanding of greek myth actually


for more greek terms used today( side note adidas is a acronym for all day i dream about soccer or sports)





the perseid meteor shower in august is named for perseus and his birth by zeus and danae in form of a golden shower


the exclamatory saying holy moly! is reference to a sacred herb given to odysseus to make him immune to circes magic which turned his men into pigs hermes gave him the herb called mole or moly ( sounds like mo lee)


the aegean sea is named for aegeus the father of theseus who upon failign to raise the right flag aegeus flung himself into the sea carryign his name thinkign hsi son was slain by the minotaur


the olympics are named for the mountain olympus where the gods lived


achilles heel which refers to a person's weakness is a saying stemmign from where paris shot achille's thew hero in his heel his one weak spot


ajax is a cleaning solvent for bathtubs named for ajax agreek hero at troy much liek achilles


the andromeda nebula is named for andromeda the wife of perseus , having been saved by him from a sea serpent


various moon of jupiter a bunch of jupters moons are named for greek mythological figures including variosu lovers fo zeus europa,leda,callisto. pasiphae the mortal mother of the minotaur( half bull half man) and ganymede the gay lover fo zeus ( he swung both ways)ganymede was used fto demote a gay relationship throughout history as well, it has however died out.


apollo missions were of course anmed for apollo greek god of archery and prophecy, music and the twin fo artemis


the word atlas referring to maps is from the greek hero atlas who holds up the sky


the cerberus network and the organization in the game mass effect 2 is named for the three headed dog that gaurds the underworld


the constellation gemini is the representation of helon's twin bothers the dioscuri polydeueces and castor


the term panic refers to the god pan pan using his conch horn would strike fear and chaos into his enemies thus our term panic - which means fear





these are just soem off the top of my head|||You might be thinking of Nike, who was a Greek god of Victory. I looked for Adidas and there is no god. The god that is close to that is Adonis.|||Tiamat is right