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* [[Different for Girls]]: In the [[The Trojan Cycle|Trojan Cycle]], when Thetis disguised her son Achilles in drag, he completely failed to pull it off -- not that he really ''wanted'' to dodge the draft.

* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Poseidon, Greek god of the sea, is also the Earth-shaker who causes earthquakes.

* [[Don't Look Back]]: In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Book of Genesis), looking back got Lot's wife turned into a pile of salt. [[Greek Mythology|Orpheus]] lost his wife Eurydice (again) because he looked back when leading her out of Hades.

* [[Double Entendre]]: A favorite tactic of Greek comedians. [[Aristophanes]]'s plays are full of them.