Arion | Greek musician rescued by a dolphin after sailors stole his money and ordered his to jump overboard |
Candy | former name of the capital of Crete |
Saint Bennet | Saint Benedict, a church in london |
Brownist | extremist who advocated separation from the church of England and demanded freedom from government interference |
cockatrice | mythological serpent that could kill will the glare of his eyes |
Diana | Roman name for Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt |
diliculo surgere | first two words of a latin proverb meaning “rising at dawn makes a man healthy” |
Egyptian thief | Thyamis stood ready to kill his captive, Chariclea to prevent enemies from taking her |
Elysium | paradise |
golden shaft | arrow shot by the god of love, Cupid |
Jezebel | wife of Ahab, King of Israel |
Jove | Roman name for Zeus |
Legion | name of devils possessing a man in the New Testament |
Lethe | the river of forgetfulness in Hades |
Mercury | messenger god in greek mythology |
metal of India | gold |
Mall | reference to a prostitute or another name for Mary |
Pandarus | procurer, pimp |
pavan | slow dance |
Penthesilea | Queen of the Amazons – race of tall, warlike women |
Pythagoras | Greek mathematician |
renegado | Christian who becomes a heathen |
Sir Topas | Comic protagonist |
Sophy | name applied to a Persian ruler |
tray-trip | dice game |
Vulcan | Roman name for the blacksmith god |
westward ho | the cry of boatmen called for passengers to Westminster |
Twelfth Night Allusions
July 11, 2019