As Durrell observed, the "attentive reader" will discern in The Revolt of Aphrodite "intentional" echoes of The Alexandria Quartet and The Black Book.

Some of this is in the form of specific allusion, such as the assertion that the novelist Pursewarden (in The Alexandria Quartet) has influenced Koepgen. Other echoes are more elusive or more general, found in technical and thematic similarities and resonances, or in characterization. Charlock as narrator, for example, shares some similarities with Lawrence Lucifer of The Black Book and Darley of The Alexandria Quartet. For some readers, Iolanthe recalls Melissa of The Alexandria Quartet, as Hippolyta recalls Clea, and Benedicta resonates with Justine.