▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁Rom antic ism ▁initi ated ▁a ▁sur ge ▁of ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁all ▁things ▁Greek , ▁including ▁Greek ▁myth ology . ▁In ▁Britain , ▁new ▁transl ations ▁of ▁Greek ▁tra ged ies ▁and ▁H omer ▁inspired ▁contemporary ▁po ets ▁( such ▁as ▁Alfred ▁Lord ▁T enn ys on , ▁Ke ats , ▁By ron ▁and ▁Sh elle y ) ▁and ▁pain ters ▁( such ▁as ▁Lord ▁Le ight on ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Al ma - T ade ma ). ▁Christoph ▁Gl uck , ▁Richard ▁Stra uss , ▁Jacques ▁Off en bach ▁and ▁many ▁others ▁set ▁Greek ▁myth ological ▁them es ▁to ▁music . ▁American ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁such ▁as ▁Thomas ▁Bul fin ch ▁and ▁Nathan iel ▁Haw th or ne , ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁classical ▁myth s ▁was ▁essential ▁to ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁American ▁literature . ▁In ▁more ▁recent ▁times , ▁classical ▁them es ▁have ▁been ▁re inter pre ted ▁by ▁dram at ists ▁Jean ▁An ou il h , ▁Jean ▁Co ct eau , ▁and ▁Jean ▁G ira ud oux ▁in ▁France , ▁Eug ene ▁O ' Ne ill ▁in ▁America , ▁and ▁T . ▁S . ▁Eli ot ▁in ▁Britain ▁and ▁by ▁novel ists ▁such ▁as ▁James ▁Joy ce ▁and ▁André ▁G ide . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁Primary ▁sources ▁( G reek ▁and ▁Roman ) ▁▁ ▁A esch yl us , ▁The ▁Pers ians . ▁See ▁original