A brief reference, without explanation, to a person, a text, a myth, or a fact known outside the work, which carries with it the meaning of that other story.
In Quincas Borba
Lucullus always dined with Lucullus
Lucullus, a Roman famed for his banquets, is cited without explanation and brings to Rubião's table the idea of a luxurious feast, which the scene reduces to thin hens promoted to pheasants.
Chapters CXLVIII to CLIX: The Delirium in Sofia's Coupé, the narrator
about the famous statuette of Narcissus, from the Naples Museum
Chapters CLXXII to CLXXXI: Teófilo, the Ministry, and Abandonment, the narrator
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