Mythological Allusions in Literature and Popular Culture

 

A myriad of literature contains mythological allusions, here are some known to me:

 

Antigone by Sophocles

 

Comus, a Mask by John Milton

   

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

 

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

 

The Divine Comedy by Dante

 

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

 

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

 

Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville

 

Paradise Lost by John Milton

 

Paradise Regained by John Milton

 

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

 

Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant

 

Thoughts in a Garden by Andrew Marvell

 

The Taming of The Shrew by William Shakespeare

 

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

 

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

 

Atalanta in Literature