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Classical Legend ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]). ...nd the Trojan war. The sources for the playwright may have included Homer, classical tragedy, medieval Troy narratives, etc. (See '''[[#Critical_Commentary|Crit

Classical romance. ...Alexander's capture of Thebes. Lyly drops any reference to the Plutarchan legend of rape, revenge, and pardon as distracting from his central focus.

Classical legend ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]) ...one or more plays in [[Five Plays in One|"Five Plays in One"]] dramatized classical stories (later expanded in some way by Heywood) did not follow [[WorksCited

[[WorksCited|Harbage]] calls "Agamemnon" a classical legend; [[WorksCited|Wiggins]] tags it a tragedy (""Catalogue" #1186), as does Hen Nothing is known of specific sources, but any of the classical translations of stories from the Trojan War would have provided the basics

Classical Legend ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]). ...7). Information about Orestes could also have been gleaned from many other classical works, such as Virgil's ''Aeneid''. On the possibility that the playwrights

Classical; Romance? (Harbage, McMillin, Ono, Wells); Saints’ Legend (Ellison) :“The ''Lucia'' of 1573 is another secularized saints’ legend, as was the ''Lady Barbara'' of the year before. Lucia was a martyr of the

Romance. 'Classical legend' (Wiggins, sn 699).

[[WorksCited|Harbage]] labels the play a classical legend (62-3); [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', #1100]] labels it a tragedy.

...story of their marriage were available to Renaissance readers, the fullest classical account being found in Diodorus Siculus' ''Bibliotheca historica'' (II.1-6) ...ough here it is less the result of the treacherous ambition implied in the classical sources than righteous revenge following a different version of the courtsh

Harbage tagged "Phaeton" as a classical legend, which the story of Apollo's reckless son undoubtedly was. However, Matthew

Classical Legend ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]) ...the story given by Guido delle Colonne, although modified by Lydgate with classical sources in mind. In Guido’s account, Polyphemus is neither a cyclops nor

|probableGenres=Classical ...oubt the traditional resources for stories of ancient mythology and heroic legend provided the narrative material for both parts of the "Hercules" plays. '''

...ance as adults. Since Hobbes had already amply demonstrated his mastery of classical languages—his translation of Thucydides was published in 1629, and he fre Apparently the part of the Medea legend most memorable to Hobbes was the episode in which the sorceress tricks the

Classical Legend ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]; [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' #1182]]). See Possible sources and analogues include classical accounts of the Trojan war (the first installments of Chapman's Homer had j

...which is the appearance of historical apparitions. Mere-Foole prefers the classical kind, Iophpiel produces a commoner sort, namely, Henry VIII's jesters, Sco ...''Westminster Abbey Office Guide'' mentioned the stone slab associated by legend with Long Meg (p. 57).</div>