Greek Myth Allusions

What does allusion mean?

• understanding other peoples' view of the world

• being culturally literate

• not understanding an answer

• a casual reference to something

Mythology can be found in...

• Literature

• School mascots

• City names

• Companies

• All of the above and more

She was a Good Samaritan when she helped the old lady

• allusion

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Analogy

Phoenix Rising from the Ashes

• An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure

• Characteristics of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty         

• A person or thing that makes a dramatic recovery from defeat or adversity.

• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice

Which myth means huge and powerful?

• The Midas Touch

• Herculean

• Cupid's Arrow

• Achille's Heel

• Titan

In Greek mythology, a mythical bird called the phoenix lives for hundreds of years before bursting into flames at its death. However, it soon rises from its own ashes and is reborn.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.

• surprise an opponent

• be consistently successful

• never win

• come back from defeat

allusion

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the name for the food of the gods.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Louanne's Ice Cream Parlor has the best dessert short of ambrosia!

• heavenly delicacy

• Something unusual or exciting

In Greek mythology, Achilles's mother dips him in a river that protects his body wherever it touches. His heel does not get wet, so it is the one part of his body left unprotected. During the Trojan War, an arrow hits Achilles in the heel and kills him.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

• A source of strength
  

• A sole weakness
  

• A feeling of false strength

• All of the above