Editing Illyria (section)

==In culture==
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[[William Shakespeare]] chose a fictionalized Illyria as the setting for his play ''[[Twelfth Night]]''. (The modernized film spoof ''[[She's the Man]]'' is set in "Illyria High School" in California.) Shakespeare also mentioned the region in ''[[Henry VI, Part 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry VI, part 2: Entire Play|url=http://shakespeare.mit.edu/2henryvi/full.html|website=shakespeare.mit.edu|access-date=2016-05-07|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630041122/http://shakespeare.mit.edu/2henryvi/full.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

An extensive history of Illyria by [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]], was published by Joseph [[House of Keglević|Keglevich]] in 1746.<ref>{{harvnb|du Fresne|1746|p=1}}.</ref>

Illyria is the setting for [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s ''[[Les Mains Sales]].''

[[Lloyd Alexander]]'s ''The Illyrian Adventure'' is set in Illyria in 1872.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-04-01 |title=The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780525442509 |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>

[[John Hawkes (novelist)|John Hawkes]]' 1970 novel ''[[The Blood Oranges (novel)|The Blood Oranges]]'' is set in a fictionalized Illyria.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hawkes|first1=John|last2=Scholes|first2=Robert|year=1972|title=A Conversation on "The Blood Oranges" between John Hawkes and Robert Scholes |jstor=1345277|journal=Novel: A Forum on Fiction|volume=5|issue= 3|pages=203–204, 197–207|doi=10.2307/1345277}}</ref>

There is a fictional Illyria with its inhabitants, winged fae, in the fantasy series ''[[A Court of Thorns and Roses]]'' by [[Sarah J. Maas]].

The fighting game series '[[Guilty Gear]]' created by [[Daisuke Ishiwatari]], features a fictional Illyria in its world.

The television series ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)]]'' has a character named Illyria who is a main character for the back half of the final season, as well as a prominent figure in the comic spin-offs. 

The character of [[Number_One_(Star_Trek)|Una "Number One" Chin-Riley]] in the television series ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' is a member of a humanoid species called "Illyrians".