How Was Shakespeare Influenced by Ancient Greece?

How Was Shakespeare Influenced by Ancient Greece?

How was William Shakespeare’s work influenced by ancient Greece? Credit: ell brown. CC BY 2.0/flickr It was once believed that Shakespeare was intimately familiar with ancient Greek tragedies and romances. However, that theory has long been discredited. How then was the great English playwright influenced by ancient Greece? Simply put, Shakespeare’s plays are suffused with references to ancient Greece. These include direct assimilations of names…