sentences:  For the plot of his play, Massinger drew upon traditional story and folktale materials that are expressed in various forms throughout world literature.The Iolante/Calypso subplot can be traced as far back as "The Heetopades" (Hitopadesha), a collection of traditional Bengali tales, and "The Fables of Pilpay"; the story was translated into Greek by Simeon Seth, and also occurs in "The Decameron" of Boccaccio, where it is the eighth story of the seventh day.Massinger also exploited classical literature for his versification in the play, drawing upon the works of Seneca the Younger ("Hercules Furens"), Terence ("Heauton Timonumenos"), and Catullus.