Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Ithaca/639

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alias     an assumed name; otherwise known as.[1]

(a mendacious person mentioned in sacred Scripture)     Molly is probably confusing alias with Ananias, a liar mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles 5:3: But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Gifford (1988) 576.
    Thornton (1968) 466.
  2. Acts of the Apostles 5.
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