Counsel (See also Guidance.) Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Counsel (See also Guidance.)

  1. Achitophel sage adviser to David; subsequently to Absalom. [O.T.: II Samuel 16:23]
  2. Antenor counselor; advised Priam to return Helen to Menelaus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 23]
  3. Areopagus hill near the Acropolis used for Athenian council deliberations. [Gk. Hist.: Benét, 46]
  4. Chesterfield, Lord (1694–1773) wrote Letters to His Son to educate him in the ways of the world. [Br. Lit.: Magill III, 565]
  5. Consus god of councils and advice; agricultural god. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65; Parrinder, 66]
  6. Egeria wife, instructress, and advisor of emperor Numa. [Rom. Myth.: Jobes, 491; Avery, 426]
  7. Krishna Hindu god acts as spiritual and military counselor to Arjuna and his family. [Hindu Lit.: Mahabharata]
  8. Laurence, Friar adviser to the lovers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet]
  9. Mentor Odysseus’s adviser; entrusted with care and education of Telemachus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
  10. Nestor a sage old counselor to the Greeks in the Trojan War. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad]
  11. Polonius gives Laertes rules of conduct. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Hamlet]
  12. Poseidon Hippios god of counsel and councils. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 67]
  13. Proverbs precepts for living according to God’s law and common sense. [O.T.: Proverbs]
  14. Way to Wealth, The maxims intended to inculcate virtue and frugality. [Am. Lit.: Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack in Benét, 803]

Courage (See BRAVERY.)