Mythology was the real basis for this game, including not only the classical Greek and Roman pantheons, but Persian, Indian, and various Native American legends. Along with numerous dictionaries and thesauruses, the following books provided excellent research material:

Bellingham, David; Whittaker, Clio; and Grant, John. Myths and Legends. Edison: Chartwell Books, 1992.

Bently, Peter, ed. The Dictionary of World Myth. London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 1995.

Clayton, Peter. Great Figures of Mythology. New York: Crescent Books, 1990.

Elliott, Paul. Warrior Cults. London: Blandford, 1995.

Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Guirand, Felix. New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Translated by Richard Aldington and Delano Ames. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited., 1959.

Ions, Veronica. The World's Mythology in Color. Edison: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1987.

Page, Michael, and Ingpen, Robert. Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were. New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985.

Sykes, Egerton. Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1993.

Zimmerman, J.E. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1964.