| A | B |
|---|
| Thirty Pieces of Silver | Judas |
| Thirty Pieces of Silver | reward for betrayal |
| Gordian Knot | Alexander the Great |
| Gordian Knot | complex problem |
| Ivory Tower | fairy tales |
| Ivory Tower | out of touch with the real world |
| All that Glitters is not Gold | Latin proverb of Aristotle |
| All that Glitters is not Gold | Deceptive appearances |
| Sound and Fury | Macbeth |
| Sound and Fury | meaningless uproar |
| Icarus/Flying too close to the Sun | tried to escape the island of Crete |
| Icarus/Flying too close to the Sun | lack of caution |
| Bread and Circuses | gave entertaining spectacles instead of needed food |
| Bread and Circuses | keeping the people happy |
| Deus ex Machina | in classical theater the god was lowered using a crane |
| Deus ex Machina | overly convenient ending |
| tabula rasa | Latin for blank slate |
| tabula rasa | uninfluenced |
| Tantalus | king condemned to Hades because he offended the gods |
| Tantalus | offer and then withhold something |
