New UEFA European season starting!!

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With the new season of European football (soccer) starting, now is a good time to look at the 8 teams linked to Greek myths playing in the group stages this year.

We have 4 times Champions League (CL) champions Ajax playing, as well as 2 times champions Juventus, followed by 1 time champion Olympique de Marseille and then Napoli.

In Europa League we have Roma, Lazio and Olympiacos, followed by Apollon in Europa Conference league. Below are videos about each team and a short explanation what the link to Greek mythology is.

Ajax is named from the Trojan war hero
Juventus is named after Juventas, the daughter of Zeus
Olympique de Marseille, named from the Olympic glory to Zeus
Roma feature Romulus and Remus, sons of Ares, on their logo
The city of Naples used to be called Parthenope, after the mermaid from Homer’s Odyssey
Lazio feature the Eagle of Zeus/Jupiter based on Roman tradition
Olympiacos is named from the Olympic glory to Zeus
Apollon are named after the Greek god Apollo

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