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Plenty of writers in the early Christian church continued to draw heavily on Greek and Roman mythology as a source for literary analogies—so a background knowledge of classical mythology is necessary to fully understand foundational Christian literature.
Yeah, but Paul kind of ruined Greece via Thessaloniki and Korinthos. Granted, the social hierarchy around the old gods backed by "the one true God for all" Christian narrative sure made it easy to turn common Greeks against their ancient culture and religion.
And they've been doing great ever since! cough, cough
Mind giving some sources? I'm not arguing or disputing you, I'm just interested so I can learn here.
If you have the time, I heavily recommend Center Place as a great source for Christians and Atheists alike who wish to learn about schoolary views on Christianity.
It's like a free seminar lecture. Here is one about Plato and Christianity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLk6sdjAoAo&t=2006
EDIT: My brain somehow went to Greek phylisophy, not mythology. So the above link doesn't suit the question at all, my apologies. I'll let it stand non the less, it's an intresting topic on it's own.
A source for the ACTUAL question might be this paper The survival of the Greek gods in early Christianity
That video's position on the stuff in Sirach is actually pretty good