take shakespeare, he borrowed from so many and yet most people don’t know a few examples Plutarch's Lives Holinshed's Chronicles Ovid's Metamorphoses good

take shakespeare, he borrowed from so many and yet most people don’t know a few examples Plutarch's Lives Holinshed's Chronicles Ovid's Metamorphoses good artist copy, great artist steal so on and worth i, for one, welcome these creative machines slurping all that was created!