The Facts on File Dictionary of Allusions - Green Valley High School

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the Dardanelles in 1810. <strong>The</strong>ir tragic story gave the
two lovers the status of a modern Hero and Leander.
Herod See out- herod herod.
Herodotus (herodbtbs) Herodotus (480–425 b.c.)
was a Greek historian who wrote some of the earliest
chronicles and is remembered today for his
systematic collection and arrangement of material
and his testing of their accuracy. He was the Herodotus
of Napoleonic history, with scores of books and articles
to his name.
Hesperus, wreck of the See wreck of the hesperus.
Hestia See vesta.
he that hath, to him shall be given See whosoever
hath, to him shall be given.
he that is without sin See let him who is without
sin cast the fi rst stone.
he that runs may read <strong>The</strong> meaning is so clear
that it may be taken in at once. <strong>The</strong> expression
alludes to the Old Testament book of Habakkuk
2:2, in which God addresses the prophet Habakkuk
as follows: “Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
“But thieves from o’er the wall / Stole the seed by
night. / Sow’d it far and wide / By every town and
tower, / Till all the people cried / “Splendid is the
fl ower.” / Read my little fable: / He that runs may
read” (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Enoch Arden, 1864).
he that watereth Those who make the necessary
effort are more likely to be rewarded. One of many
parallel expressions of the same moral, it appears
in the Bible in Proverbs 11:25: “<strong>The</strong> liberal soul
shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.” “We have seen that the duties
of bishop and pastor are to see and feed; and, of all
who do so it is said, ‘He that watereth, shall be also
watered himself.’ But the reverse is truth also. He
that watereth not, shall be withered himself ” (John
Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies, 1865, 1871).
hewers of wood and drawers of water Those
who do hard, menial jobs. <strong>The</strong> phrase is biblical in
origin, appearing in a curse delivered by Joshua
against the Gibeonites, who had attempted to
deceive him into making terms with them by disguising
themselves as strangers from a distant
country: “Now therefore ye are cursed, and there
shall none of you be freed from being bondmen,
and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
house of my God . . . And Joshua made them that
day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
congregation” ( Joshua 9:23–27). “. . . what Roy
Hattersley calls ‘the modern hewers of wood and
drawers of water’ ” (Guardian, June 30, 2001).
he who is not with me is against me Unless one
supports a given person, cause, etc., one will be
considered to be opposing the person, cause, etc.
<strong>The</strong> phrase comes from the words of Jesus: “He
that is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30).
Speaking at the election rally, the party leader tried to
rally his supporters with the words, “He who is not with
me is against me.”
hide one’s light under a bushel To be modest
about one’s talents, abilities, virtues, etc. <strong>The</strong>
phrase comes from Christ’s Sermon on the Mount,
in the course of which he compares the faithful to
a lit candle: “Ye are the light of the world. A city
that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men