1.   He probably intended it as an exact classical allusion.

2.   During that era the lifeblood of the nation was captured in grandiloquent orations rich with metaphors, classical allusions and quotes from Shakespeare.

3.   He laced his oratory with arcane classical allusions, but not with civility or comity.

4.   So the film, despite its kung fu gestures and classical allusions, is a restatement of the hacker myth, retaining and celebrating its almost utopian hopes.

5.   The classical allusions are so intensive and suggestive that one wants a copy of Edith Hamilton near to hand.