Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Popular Illusions to Greek Mythology

The first allusion I found was an allusion to an every day cleaner, Ajax. It was named after Ajax, who was known for cleaning up the areas of war, when the war was finished.

The second illusion i found was in the commonly used Trident Gum. It was obviously named after the Trident in Greek mythology. Trident literally means three tooth. 'Tria' is Greek for 'three' and 'donti' means 'tooth', hence that is where the gum comes in, i found this to be a droll connection.

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  1. I was writing about both of these allusions. :)
    -Hannah Beilman

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