Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage, and her relationship with the hero Aeneas are explored in Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Heroides.

This (spoilery) review of Miller's novel 'Circe' explores how the character of Circe from the Odyssey can be reimagined in a feminist light.

Myths are adaptable, and the author Claudian adapted the myth of Persephone for politics and Christianity of the later Roman empire.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian epic that explores the theme of grief, paralleling the grief of Achilles in the Iliad.