Emily Dickinson’s relation to Greek antiquity is an interesting topic in thesense that it shows how she responds to the ancient world. In fact, shemakes direct references to Greek antiquity in 20 of her poems. Her specificreference to Greek mythological characters is much less frequent, but thepoet powerfully advocates selfhood and identity in relation to them. Sheemploys several mythological figures such as Prometheus, Amphitrite,Memnon, Midas, Jason, and Orpheus in her poems. When she refers to eachmythic character, she reinterprets their roles in relation to her poetic world.She doubts, rejects, transforms, and identifies with Greek mythologicalcharacters. She is not so much overshadowed by mythological figures butchallenges them to claim her unmistakable selfhood and identity. In otherwords, she appropriates mythological figures for the purpose of creating herpoetic world. Her emphasis on her own selfhood and authority leads her tocreate her own mythic world. This essay aims to give a clearer picture ofhow Dickinson reads and interprets Greek mythology.