I think that’s part of my issue, though. Popular media about Ancient Greece like [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] or [name_u]Troy[/name_u] or [name_f]Xena[/name_f] are far from accurate to the real myths. That said, I don’t believe that I ever said that most Americans don’t have a good understanding of our mythology? Although, having learnt a little bit about it at school isn’t necessarily a reassurance, considering people forget things they learn at school all the time 
[name_u]Loving[/name_u] [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] or whatever and having a basic understanding of Greek myth through such media is not the same as loving and appreciating Greek myth to me, because it is inaccurate, doesn’t take place in the same historical or cultural context, lacks the same nuisance and importance to Greeks, etc., and if you use, say, [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] because you liked her story in [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u], I personally do not consider that cultural appreciation in any sense.
Also, I get what you mean about [name_f]Athena[/name_f] and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] sounding aesthetic or on trend. [name_f]My[/name_f] point was that I consider it insensitive when people bash the mythological names that Greeks are called as “too aggressive”, “too negative”, etcetera because of the myths, not that they themselves should want to use [name_u]Ares[/name_u]!