Allusion #3 - Jove in a Thatched House

As You Like It Act 3 Scene 3

           JAQUES  O knowledge ill-inhabited, worse than Jove in a thatched house.


Jaques is watching Touchstone and Audrey talk. Touchstone is making a bunch of puns in his speech, but Audrey, being not so smart, doesn't catch them. 
Jove is the Roman king of gods. When Rome conquered Greece, they admired Greece's culture and modeled their gods to fit the Greek gods. One adaptation was that the Roman gods also lived on Mount Olympus, or at least used it as a base. Each day they would come to a gate in the clouds which would be opened by four goddesses. For their meal they ate ambrosia and drank nectar, which was passed out by another goddess. While they ate, they were entertained by Apollo on his lyre and the muses. Then they departed to sleep. This lifestyle contrasted with that of those who lived in thatched houses, who were generally poor. It would be rather unusual, then, to have the king of the gods living in a poor man's house. He belongs at Mount Olympus, not in a thatched house. 
As I mentioned earlier, Audrey is not clever enough to understand or see any of his puns. This is because Audrey, being from the country, is not as well learned as Touchstone, who comes from the city. This is a comparison of city and country. Touchstone's jokes do not belong in the country as they cannot be fathomed; rather they are better off in the city where the people of the court can understand.
Just like Jove is out of place in a thatched house, so is Touchstone's wit.