Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Ithaca/639

Annotations

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

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

Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
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[1] Gifford (1988) 576.
Thornton (1968) 466.

[2] Acts of the Apostles 5.

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