When authors give shout outs 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
- Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe (Epigraph.1)
- Medea by Euripides (1.155)
- Whore of Babylon (2.61)
- Jezebel (2.66)
- Book of Revelation (2.78)
- Noah (5.14)
- Old Testament (11.59)
- Achilles (36.104)
Historical References
- Spartans (1.121)
- John D. Rockefeller (2.35)
- Eliot Ness (14.22)
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (24.53)
- Cicero (24.67)
- Teddy Roosevelt (28.16)