▁poetry ▁of ▁O vid ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁imagination ▁of ▁po ets , ▁dram at ists , ▁mus icians ▁and ▁artists . ▁From ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁Renaissance , ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Leon ardo ▁da ▁V inci , ▁Michel ang elo , ▁and ▁Rap ha el , ▁port rayed ▁the ▁P agan ▁subjects ▁of ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁alongside ▁more ▁conventional ▁Christian ▁them es . ▁Through ▁the ▁medium ▁of ▁Latin ▁and ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁O vid , ▁Greek ▁myth ▁influenced ▁medieval ▁and ▁Renaissance ▁po ets ▁such ▁as ▁Pet r arch , ▁B occ ac cio ▁and ▁D ante ▁in ▁Italy . ▁ ▁In ▁Northern ▁Europe , ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁never ▁took ▁the ▁same ▁hold ▁of ▁the ▁visual ▁arts , ▁but ▁its ▁effect ▁was ▁very ▁obvious ▁on ▁literature . ▁The ▁English ▁imagination ▁was ▁fired ▁by ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁starting ▁with ▁Ch au cer ▁and ▁John ▁Mil ton ▁and ▁continu ing ▁through ▁Shakespeare ▁to ▁Robert ▁Br id ges ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁R ac ine ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁Go ethe ▁in ▁Germany ▁rev ived ▁Greek ▁drama , ▁re working ▁the ▁ancient ▁myth s . ▁Although ▁during ▁the ▁En light en ment ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁reaction ▁against ▁Greek ▁myth ▁spread ▁throughout ▁Europe , ▁the ▁myth s ▁continued ▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁important ▁source ▁of ▁raw ▁material ▁for ▁dram at ists , ▁including ▁those ▁who ▁wrote ▁the ▁libre tt i ▁for ▁many ▁of ▁Hand el ' s ▁and ▁Moz art ' s ▁oper as . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end