What is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
The artist's drawings are characterized by chimerical creatures appearing in settings such as bus stations and Laundromats.
Greek mythology modern history
An allusion is a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature. An allusion lets you reference ideas from an entire story in just a few words.
The protean nature of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose.
The word protean is an allusion to the sea god Proteus in Greek mythology. Because the sea is constantly changing, to describe something as protean suggests that it is variable or in flux.
The source of the allusion chimerical is Greek mythology.
According to Greek mythology, a Chimera was an improbable fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent.
The allusion chimerical means fanciful.