Baldness Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Baldness


  1. Aeschylus mistaking his bald head for a rock, an eagle dropped a tortoise on it, thus killing him. [Gk. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 13]
  2. Mowgli (the Frog) name given infant by wolves for hairlessness. [Children’s Lit.: The Jungle Book]
  3. bald eagle U.S. national bird whose white head looks bald. [Am. Hist.: EB, I: 753]