yay allusions
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| 5076263801 | Abraham and Isaac | -God tested him by asking him to sacrifice his son as a burnt offering. He was prepared to do it, but God let him spare his son because he'd proven his faith. -man's willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice | 0 | |
| 5076263802 | Absalom | -David's favorite son died in war while trying to overthrow his father -Upon hearing this, his father says, "O ___, my son, my son, would to God that I had died for thee." -shows paternal grief of a faithless son | 1 | |
| 5076263803 | Achilles | -when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable. -symbolic for a weak spot or a vulnerable part of a person's character | 2 | |
| 5076263804 | Adonis | represents beauty; really nice looking | 3 | |
| 5076263805 | Agamemnon | -king of Mycenae. -Elected commander in chief of the Greeks in the Trojan War. -When war was over, he sailed home where he was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. Odysseus speaks to his spirit in Hades. | 4 | |
| 5076263806 | Albatross | -literary allusion -after the men kill the bird, they go through rough patches -symbolic for the fact that all creatures are significant no matter how big or small | 5 | |
| 5076263807 | Antigone | -the daughter of King Oedipus -tried to bury her brother after he died, but was denied funeral rights -symbolic of justice and law | 6 | |
| 5076263808 | Armageddon | The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world; a decisive or catastrophic conflict | 7 | |
| 5076263809 | Atalanta | -a huntress who promised to marry any man who could outrun her in a footrace -defeated by Hippomenes, who threw three golden apples to distract her as she ran -the archetype of speed, strength, and daring foiled by a trick of the intellect. -Raised by a bear. | 8 | |
| 5076263810 | Atlas | a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders | 9 | |
| 5076263811 | Cain and Abel | The Two sons of Adam and Eve. ___ was older and a farmer; ____ was a shepherd. -_____ kills _____ out of jealousy -____ becomes an outcast with a horrible mark on his forehead that showed he killed his brother. -He said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" -shows brother vs brother conflict/rivalry | 10 | |
| 5076263812 | Cassandra | a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed | 11 | |
| 5076263813 | Crucifixion | The death of Christ on the cross, believed by Christians to be the sacrifice that redeemed fallen humankind. | 12 | |
| 5076263814 | Daedalus and Icarus | -___ was King Minos's architect, ___ was his son -___ made the labyrinth to keep the Minotaur in, King Minos did not want anyone to know the secrets of it so he locked ___ and his son in a tower -they wanted to get out so they made wings out of feathers -___ flew too high and the sun melted the wax; he drowned. -symbolic of the danger of being too daring | 13 | |
| 5076263815 | Daniel | A young Hebrew prophet who prayed even when the king had ordered that no one pray. For this, he was thrown into a lion's den, where he should have been killed. Instead, God saved him and he came out of the lion's den unhurt. A symbol of God's protection and the rewards of faith. | 14 | |
| 5076263816 | David and Bathsheba | -After she had an affair with David and she became pregnant, David had her husband Uriah put on the front lines of battle so he would die. -their son also dies -symbolic of adultery | 15 | |
| 5076263817 | David and Goliath | -hurls a stone from his sling with all his might, and hits the giant in the center of his forehead. | 16 | |
| 5076263818 | Dionysus (Bacchus) | -Greek god of wine -Greek plays were performed in his honor. -symbolic of overuse and excess | 17 | |
| 5076263819 | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | -Four figures in the book of Revelation who symbolize the evils to come at the end of the world. -ultimate destructive force of death, war, plague, and famine -1st Horseman = carries a bow on white horse; represents war -2nd Horseman = carries a sword on red horse; represents pestilence (plague) -3rd Horseman = rides a black horse; represents famine -4th Horseman = rides a pale horse; represents death -symbolic for powerful destructive forces | 18 | |
| 5076263820 | Garden of Gethsemane | -the garden outside Jerusalem where the agony and betrayal of Jesus took place. -Symbolically, a place of great physical or psychological suffering, or betrayal | 19 | |
| 5076263821 | Holy Grail | Cup used at Last Supper by Jesus; object of quests of Knights of the Round Table, Joseph caught Jesus' blood in it. | 20 | |
| 5076263822 | Lazarus | -raised from the dead after 4 days -symbolic for someone who lives after declared death | 21 | |
| 5076263823 | Lion Lies Down with the Lamb | -biblical allusion -peaceful harmony -earthly paradise -universal peace/harmony | 22 | |
| 5076263824 | Lot's wife | -God warned them not to look back, but his wife could not resist, and was turned into a pillar of salt. -the tale of his wife is illustrative of the idea that God punishes those who are disobedient -symbolic of being punished if you're disobedient | 23 | |
| 5076263825 | Medusa | -She was a very vain and beautiful woman transformed into a mortal gorgon by Athena. -snake hair, eye contact turns you to stone, mother of pegasus | 24 | |
| 5076263826 | Moses | -hero archetype -wrote the 10 Commandments | 25 | |
| 5076263827 | Phoenix | -Mythical immortal bird that lives for 500 years then burns to death and rises from its ashes. - symbolic for anything restored after great destruction, eternal life, death, or Resurrection | 26 | |
| 5076263828 | Prometheus | -stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. -Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day -symbolic of eternal suffering | 27 | |
| 5076263829 | Sodom and Gomorrah | -the two major cities, according to Genesis, which were destroyed by heaven with fire and brimstone (traditional elements of hell) because of their wickedness. -they stand as a symbol of corruption | 28 | |
| 5076263830 | 30 pieces of silver | -Refers to payment received for an act of treachery. -the amount paid to Judas for betraying Jesus by identifying him with a kiss, leading to Jesus' arrest and Crucifixion. -symbolically refers to betrayal and treachery. | 29 | |
| 5076263831 | Michael | the head angel; archangel | 30 | |
| 5076263832 | Gabriel | the messenger angel | 31 | |
| 5076263833 | Lucifer | the fallen angel | 32 | |
| 5076263834 | Hubris | excessive pride; self-confidence; arrogance | 33 | |
| 5076263835 | Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness | 34 | |
| 5076263836 | Deus Ex Machina | when a seemingly intractable problem in a plot is solved by adding in an unexpected character, object, or situation | 35 | |
| 5076263837 | Foil | a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character | 36 | |
| 5076263838 | Mask | a voice or an assumed role of a character that represents the thoughts of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present as his mouthpiece | 37 | |
| 5076263839 | Epistle | a poem or literary work in the form of a letter/series of letters | 38 | |
| 5076263840 | Montage | a quick succession of images/impressions used to express an idea | 39 | |
| 5076263841 | Parable | a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth can be derived | 40 | |
| 5076263842 | Psalm | a sacred story or hymn, in particular, any of those contained in the Book of Psalms | 41 | |
| 5076263843 | Allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 42 | |
| 5076263844 | Motif | a phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature | 43 |
