Why?  And what counts?  Trollope's uses of classics in his novels is both various and widespread.  Sometimes he makes reference to a figure from ancient history or mythology.  Other times he recalls genres of ancient literature such as epic or tragedy.  Still other times he cites specific Greek or Roman authors or anonymous ancient proverbs.  And yet other times he seems to play with Greek and Latin words borrowed into the English language.  We are trying to catalogue and explore as many instances of these various uses of classics as we can.  Rather than seeing Trollope's allusions as cosmetic embellishments or solely elitist gestures, we hope to demonstrate ways in which they contribute significance, depth, and levity to the world which Trollope invents. We cannot hope to be exhaustive--if only because "what counts" or "what should count" is up to each reader to decide, is the result of a conversation between reader and text.