Allusions Flashcards by Bagel Bagels

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Achilles’ heel

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ultimate weakness/flaw

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Adonis

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great beauty

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Aeneas

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selfless sacrafice

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Apollo

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perfection/light+truth

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Argus-eyed

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watchful/observant

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Aurora

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morning light/colorful lights

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Bacchanal

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celebration

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Cassandra

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overlooked insight into the future

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Icarus

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rising up only to fall back down

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Damon+Pythias

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Loyal friends

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Dido

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falling in desperate, unreturned love

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Halcyon

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clear, perfect days

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Hector

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Perfect man, soldier, husband and father

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Helen (of Troy)

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irresistible beauty

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Herculean

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great strength to overcome something

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Hydra-headed

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ever growing problem

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Mentor

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guide

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Mercurial

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changing moods, stormy

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Muse

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source of inspiration

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Nemesis

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arch enemy

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Oedipus

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son to have close feelings to mother

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Orpheus

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manipulate via music/charm

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Pandora’s Box

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to investigate an issue and cause more problems

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Promethean

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help mankind through rebellion/defiance of order

Protean

shape changing

Pygmalion

sculpt perfect man/woman

Pyrrhic victory

a victory that is barely a victory due to loss obtaining it

Siren song

deceptively alluring

Sisyphean

endless, futile task

Sword of Damocles

incoming doom; imminent threat

Tentalize

to tease; temp

Psyche

the soul

Scylla and Charybdis

to decide between two terrible choices

Midas

ability to easily make money