books.google.com - By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture. Mythology had become instead a central element in elite culture. If one did not know the stories one would not understand most of the allusions in the poets and orators, classics and contemporaries...http://books.google.com/books/about/Greek_Mythography_in_the_Roman_World.html?id=A3H_51913RkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGreek Mythography in the Roman World
