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In this poem, Tennyson refers to both Ulysses and Achilles. What is this technique called in literature?
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In this poem, Tennyson refers to both Ulysses and Achilles. What is this technique called in literature?

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When someone makes reference to a familiar story or cultural reference, such as Ulysses and Achilles from Homer's "The Odyssey", it is considered an allusion. 
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