Something transforming
like athena, " grey eyed goddess"
a big black penis
Asclepius was the ancient Greek god of medicine.
In today's popular thinking about Cleopatra, a Cleopatra allusion would be any girl who gets what she want through sex. A temprtress. A femme fatal.
"Great pirates of Penzance!"
They had both, but mainly prophets.
like athena, " grey eyed goddess"
Most religions believe in some form of ancient prophets. Judaism and Christianity have the prophets of the Old Testament. Islam adds Mohammad to the list of ancient prophets. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) believes in the Biblical prophets as well as modern-day prophets. They believe that the leader of their church is the prophet of God.
A rod replaced a perch.
Back then the prophets were alive so people followed them and the prophets taught them everything.
Her bravery on the battlefield evoked images of ancient warriors like Achilles or Joan of Arc.
An allusion to something political.
an allusion
Apollo modern allusion was the rockey.
Ancient Israel, according to the Bible, had Kings who were constrained by Prophets and Priests who divined the will of God. In this way there was both a monarchy (the line of kings) and a theocracy (the prophets and priests).
There is no one single important person in ancient Judaism. All of the prophets, Patriarchs, and Matriarchs of the Hebrew Bible are considered important.
allusion = reference to another literary work.