The end of the gods of Olympus, what is the event called?

Question

Okay, I know there is a term used for when the Greek gods are no longer worshiped and they dissolve away into the wind. What is this event called. We went over it in mythology class a few years back, but I can't find my notes or handouts from that class.

Anne, as much as I appreciate the effort, I am not getting it from a Star Trek episode (although I did see the one with Apollo). We actually went over an actual term in a Mythology class at Penn State. I just can't find my class notes to confirm or discredit it.

Answer 1

The reason that there is no term you can find is that there isn't any found in the mythology or any of the other literature from that time and area (mainly the works of Hesiod, Herodetus, Ovid and Virgil). You may be confusing the actual mythology with an episode from the original Star Trek series titled "Who Mourns for Adonis" in which the being using that name spreads himself upon the wind.

Star Trek was influenced heavily by the classical philosophers and in the original series also had an episode entitled "Plato's Step-children" as well as one set in a "modern-day" version of the Roman Empire titled "Bread and Circuses"

Answer 2

Christianity, perhaps?

Anne is right