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Treachery See also Treason. Aaron plots downfall of Titus. [Br. Lit.: Titus Andronicus] traitorous Earl of Shaftesbury. [Br. Lit.: Absalom and Achitophel] traitorous with Modred against Arthur. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur] allegory in which the leader of the pigs turns their revolutionary cause of equality into a government of privilege for the “more equal”. [Br. Lit.: George Orwell Animal Farm] assigned to hell for actions defeating Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 106; Ital. Lit.: Dante, Inferno, Walsh Classical, 24] schemes against his brother Prospero. [Br. Lit.: The Tempest] Hadean gardener; informs on Persephone, learning of her potential departure. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 33] Ishbosheth’s captains decapitate him in bed. [O. T.: II Samuel 4:5–7] letter, given in pretended friendship, denounces bearer. [Folklore: Walsh Classical, 52]
committed treachery against friend Caesar. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] treacherous towards Lady Lambert; arrested as swindler. [Br. Lit.: The Hypocrite, Walsh Modern, 85–86] antique-store keeper sets up lovers for captors. [Br. Lit.: 1984] tries to poison father. [Br. Lit.: Martin Chuzzlewit] plotted to kill Hamlet’s father and marry his mother. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] before third crowing, Peter thrice denies Christ. [N.T.: Matthew 26:34, 74–75] (1485–1547) repaid Montezuma’s courtesy by murdering him. [Span. Hist.: EB, 5: 194–196] orders Uriah to be exposed in battle so he may marry Uriah’s wife Bathsheba. [O.T.: II Samuel 11:6] divulged secret of Samson’s strength to Philistines. [O.T.: Judges 16:19–20] Greek betrayer of Spartans at Thermopylae. [Gk. Hist.: Kravitz, 89] the Judas among Charlemagne’s paladins. [Fr. Lit.: Song of Roland; LLEI, I: 286; Ital. Lit.: Inferno; Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “Nun’s Priest’s Tale”] soldier discredits Desdemona’s fidelity. [Br. Lit.: Othello] murders two fellow commanders; sides with usurper, Adonijah. [O.T.: I Kings 2:32] betrayer of Jesus. [N.T.: Matthew 26:14-16, 20–25, 47–56; 27:3–10] cunning doublecrosser; betrays friend and lover. [Br. Lit.: The Double-Dealer] betrays his foster father, his stepfather, and his political allies. [Br. Lit.: George Eliot Romola] revolted against King Arthur. [Arch. Legend: Brewer Handbook, 714–715; Br. Lit.: Idylls of the King] tricks Accolon into stealing Excalibur. [Arth. Legend: Le Morte d’Arthur, Walsh Classical, 3] Japan, while negotiating in Washington, bombs Hawaii (December 7, 1941). [Am. Hist.: Fuller, III, 455–456] Albion Napoleon’s epithet for England, “perfide Albion.” [Fr. Hist.: Misc.] in a letter written before her suicide, falsely accuses Hippolytus of attempting to ravish her. [Gk. Drama: Hippolytus]
slays Priam’s youngest son Polydorus, who had been entrusted to his care. [Gk. Drama: Euripides Hecuba in Benét, 450] spurned by Joseph, she falsely accuses him of trying to seduce her. [O.T.: Gen. 39] captain of Jericho invites Simon Maccabeus and his sons to a banquet and then slays them. [O.T.: I Maccabees, 16:16] from Judas Iscariot; so depicted in art. [Christian Iconog.: Gaster, 165] Hamlet’s traitorous friends; “adders fang’d.” [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] connives and plots politically; kills Titus. [Br. Lit.: Titus Andronicus] Etruscan teacher, after delivering children to Romans, is rebuffed. [Rom. Hist.: Hall, 119] plots to murder Alonso and Gonzalo. [Br. Lit.: The Tempest] shown the back door, Persians destroyed Spartans (480 B.C.). [Gk. Hist.: Harbottle, 248] price paid Judas to deliver Jesus. [Christian Symbolism: N.T.: Matthew 26:15] 13th-century count of Pisa who treacherously deserted his own party and then twice joined the enemies of his own city. [Ital. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 921] letter Uriah carries David’s letter ordering his own death. [O.T.: II Samuel 11:15] lures fish to mouth with sweet breath. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 27] Dillinger’s mysterious girl friend; alerted FBI to his whereabouts. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 291] color marking doors of convicted traitors. [Fr. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1171] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Therefore being condemned by each for his treachery, he was driven forth from the light of day, and henceforth concealed himself in dark hiding-places, flying always alone and at night. Treachery I knew he meant; my death, for one; my death was certain; and yet I could not speak. Such perfidious Treachery in the merciless perpetrators of the Deed will shock your gentle nature Dearest Marianne as much as it then affected the Delicate sensibility of Edward, Sophia, your Laura, and of Augustus himself. |
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