When socrates refers to the twelve labors of hercules and the comedies of aristophanes in the apology, he is employing what literary technique?

a. allusion
b. metaphor
c . rhetoric
d .simile

When Socrates refers to the Twelve Labors of Hercules and the comedies of Aristophanes in The Apology, he is employing the literary technique of allusion

Explanation:

Allusion is a literary technique that makes reference to something, this could go from small things like things, people, ideas or historical facts, to previous literary works from the same or other writers, by making reference to other pieces of literary work such as the Twelve Labors of Hercules and the comedies of Aristophanes he is creating allusion in his own work.