Most of the Elizabethan songs and literature were alluding to Greek mythology and to the great greek tragedies, the main inspiration of the Elizabethan authors was the greek tragedies and greek mythology, they were looking up to the ancient greek masters to writte and create their novels, songs and poems.
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