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 Mythological References
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1.126)
- Polydeuces (2.18)
- Hermes (7.93)
- Garden of Hesperides (7.102)
- Cyclopes (9.81)
- Hera (9.100)
- Demeter (9.100)
- Hestia (9.100)
- Ithaka (9.123)
- Circe's Isle (9.123)
- Land of the Amazons (9.123)
- Oracle (9.123)
- Hydra (9.123)
- Delphi (9.125)
- Argus (10.7)
- The Iliad (10.62)
- The Titans (10.68)
- Kronos (10.68)
- Prometheus (10.68)
- Medusa (11.138)
- The Gorgons (11.199)
- Pan (12.11)
- Chimera (13.110)
- Echidna (13.116)
- Iris (15.15)
- Aphrodite (15.125)
- Hephaestus (15.143)
- Nereid (17.60)
- Procrustes (17.155)
- Nereid (17.60)
- Procrustes (17.155)
- Charon (18.25)
- Cerberus (18.99)
- Fields of Elysium (18.104)
- King Minos (18.104)
- Shakespeare (18.104)
- Sisyphus (19.9)
- Persephone (19.79)
- Olympus (throughout and 21.33)
- The Golden Fleece (21.33)
- Satyrs (throughout and 21.33)
- Naiads (throughout and 21.33)
- Wood Nymphs (throughout and 21.33)
- The nine muses (21.33)
- Hercules (22.30)
- The Nemean Lion (22.30)
- Artemis (22.30)
- Harpies (22.54)
- Dionysus (throughout)
- Zeus (throughout)
- Poseidon (throughout)
- Hades (throughout)
- Athena (throughout)
- Chiron (throughout)
- Ares (throughout)
- Hermes (throughout)
Historical References
- Thomas Jefferson (18.104)
- Adolf Hitler (19.89)
- Napoleon (19.89)
- George Washington (22.30)
Pop Culture References
- Harley (1.32)
- Pac-Man (5.92)
- Pinochle (5.88)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (6.1)
- Capture the flag (6.179)
- Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 (10.4)
- Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday" (10.4)
- Hackey Sack (10.108)
- "Amber waves of grain" (13.1)
- McDonalds (14.39)
- Double Stuff Oreos (16.11)
- Barry Manilow (18.95)
- Lamborghini (18.111)