On the Wikipedia entry for the Star Trek franchise, it says that Gene Roddenberry when creating Star Trek: The Original series, was inspired by the satirical book Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726 by Irish writer & clergyman Jonathan Swift , the entry also says

"The central trio of Kirk,Spock and McCoy from Star Trek: The Original Series was modeled on Classical mythological storytelling" referring to Classical Greco-Roman mythology, Greek & Roman mythology, the entry is here, Star Trek