When authors 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
- The Furies (39-40, 42, 84-86, 127, 486, 1050, 1434, 1558)
- Poseidon (54, 713, 887, 1073, 1158, 1494)
- Prometheus (56)
- Phoebus/Apollo (86, 102, 414, 454, 623, 665, 793, 868, 1091)
- Zeus (95, 143, 221, 310, 623, 642, 705, 793, 883, 1079, 1085, 1267, 1382, 1435, 1455, 1460, 1464, 1471, 1485, 1502, 1606, 1748, 1767)
- Pallas (107)
- The Oracle at Delphi (413-14)
- Dionysus/Bacchus (678-80)
- The Muses (691)
- Aphrodite (693)
- Athena (706, 1071, 1090)
- Cronus (712)
- Nereids (719)
- Eumolpidae (1053)
- Ares (1066, 1391, 1679)
- Artemis (1092)
- Hades (1440, 1461, 1557-59)
- Hermes (1547-48)
- Persephone (1548, 1557)
- Cerberus (1568-72)
- Tartarus (1574)
- Perithoos (1594)
- Demeter (1600)