The Winter’s Tale Allusions & Cultural References

Literary Sources

• Pandosto, Robert Greene
• Book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Cultural References

• Alexander the Great (5.1.3)
• Giulio Romano, Italian artist (5.2.5)

Mythology

• Mercury, father of Autolycus (4.3.1)

Religious References

• Judas’s betrayal of Christ (1.2.23)
• Resurrection of Christ (5.3.7)
• Paulina’s name recalls St. Paul (Paul the Apostle)