When poets refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Francois Villon, Grand Testament (6-7)
- Aristotle, Politics (47)
Historical References
- Andrea Mantegna, Gonzaga, His Heirs and His Concubines (painting) (11)
- Pietro Lombardo, Italian sculptor (28)
- Agostino di Duccio, Italian sculptor (30)
- Piero della Francesca, Italian painter (31)
- Giovanni Bellini or "Zuan Bellin," Venetian painter (31)
- Sandro Botticelli, Calumny (painting) (32)
- Church of San Zeno, in Verona, Italy (34)
- St. Trophime Church (35)
- Saint Hilaire Church (36)
- Hans Memling, Flemish painter (42)
- Eleusis, a town in ancient Greece where spring fertility rites were celebrated (48)