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1
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Second great civilization of ancient Mesopotamia

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Babylonian

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Region of modern day Iraq, Greek name meaning the land between the rivers

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Mesopotamia

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Professional writers of the time

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Scribes

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System of wedge shaped signs, an early form of writing

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Cuneiform

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Babylonian king, an eye for an eye

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Hammurabi

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Belief in one god

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Monotheism

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Founders of Mesopotamian civilization developed system of numbers based on 60

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Sumerians

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Egyptian sun god

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Amon-Re

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a 6 or 7 story “ladder” for for the gods to get from heaven to earth

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Ziggurat

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10
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The gift of the nile

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Egypt

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Egyptian rulers

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Pharaohs

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Ruler of Israel the “ promised land”

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David

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Mesopotamia’s first schools

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Edubbas

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Paper like writing material

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Papyrus

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2 important rivers assisting ancient Mesopotamia

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Tigris and Euphrates

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16
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A promise or agreement with god

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Covenant

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17
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Led the Hebrews out of Egypt

Received the Ten Commandments

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Moses

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18
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Assembled the first library

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Assyrians

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A system of writing based on pictures

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Hieroglyphics

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God of the Nile

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Osiris

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21
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Pattern or theme that recurs in different cultures

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Archetype

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22
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Record of Hebrew history

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The Bible

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23
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Set of laws given to the Hebrews by god

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Ten Commandments

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24
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A search for a certain prize

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Quest

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25
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The Bible is split into how many parts and what do each of the parts contain

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Three parts; the Torah: historical accounts and poems/ short stories, ( first 5 books of the Bible, book of Samuel: writing of the prophets, psalms and the book of Ruth and religious dialogues like the book of Job)

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King James and his connection to the Bible?

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He asked the scholars to translate it to English for him

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27
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Why did the Persian empire fall?

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The forces of Alexander the Great in 331 BC

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28
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Sinbad?

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Sinbad the sailor from one thousand and one nights

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29
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The Persians were successful in maintaining order in their huge empire because?

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They split into provinces and gave the people religious and cultural freedom

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30
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Deals with the pleasures of a simple rural life

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Pastoral poetry

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31
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Imparts lessons through simple stories

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Didactic literature

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32
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Poems that have four lines, lines 1,2, and 4 rhyme

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Rubai

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33
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True/False : Egyptian pharaohs were looked at as Gods

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True

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34
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True/ false: the Persian empire was weakened by trying to conquer Greece

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True

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35
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The Sumerians invented what?

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Cuneiform and a system of numeration based on 60

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36
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The Hebrews…

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Migrated from Mesopotamia to Cannan (Palestine) and only worshiped one god

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37
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The Bible is…

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A collection of writings and it was translated in 1611 by king James

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38
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The thousand and one nights

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Arabic collection of stories, consists of several strands

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39
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A problem or something that hinders

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Conflict

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40
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A character who’s actions are inspiring or noble

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Hero

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41
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Appeals to the senses

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Concrete language

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42
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The authors choice of words and how the flow together

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Diction

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43
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A central idea to a story

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Theme

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44
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Giving something inhuman human qualities or abilities

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Personification

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45
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A metaphor that is developed at length and includes several points of comparison

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Extended metaphor

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46
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Stories originally handed down orally among the common people of a culture

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Folk tales

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47
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Right in the middle

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In media’s

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48
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Noun and adjective combinations a writer uses to describe some thing
Example: Zeus Cloudgatherer

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Stock epithet

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49
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Comparison using like or as

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Simile

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50
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The father of the olympians; was defeated by Zeus

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Cronus

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51
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God of the sea gave the first horse to man father of the cylops

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Poseidon

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52
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A six headed creature or the whirlpool that Odysseus has to choose between in order to get home

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Scylla/ Charybdis

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53
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Ugly creatures with beautiful voices that lure sailors in and then kill them

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Sirens

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54
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Odysseus’s wife

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Penelope

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55
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Goddess that has Odysseus trapped on an island for nine years

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Calypso

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56
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King of Troy

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Priam

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57
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Son god brother of Artemis

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Apollo

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58
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Wife of Zeus sided with the Greeks

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Hera

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59
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God of war

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Aries

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60
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The parents of the Olympians

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The titans

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61
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Weave your life and decide how long you live

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The Fates

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62
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Your conscious

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The Furies

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63
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Bad welcome home, leader of the Greeks side of the Trojan war, killed by Aegisthus and his wife

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Agamemnon

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64
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The cyclops the Odysseus blinds

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Polyphemus

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65
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The highest god, the god in charge, the god of lightning and the skies

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Zeus

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66
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The god of the underworld

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Hades

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67
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The women who was taken by Paris the reason the Trojan war was fought

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Helen

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68
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The writer of the odyssey and the illiquid

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Homer

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69
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The Greek word meaning song

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Psalms

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70
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Egyptian does

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Qasidas

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71
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Another word for sequence or a written language

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Prose

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72
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Short pointed statements expressing human truths

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Aphorism

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73
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2 components in a sentence that are the same topic or grammatically the same

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Parallelism

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74
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2 components in a sentence that are different but expressed in a parallel structure

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Antithesis

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75
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Kitten is to cat as puppy is to dog

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Analogy

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76
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A long narrative poem where the characters of high birth or or national status are engaged in a quest

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Epic

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Posses certain qualities such as bravery, superhuman abilities success in battle and a diving desire to immortalize himself

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Epic hero

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78
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Greek god of The Sun and light

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Helios

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79
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The goddess of agriculture

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Demeter

80
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Messenger of the gods son of Zeus and Maia

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Hermes

81
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A titan known as the creator of mankind

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Prometheus

82
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The goddess of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

83
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The goddess of wisdom

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Athena

84
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Achilles war trophy from the war

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Briseis

85
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The son of Odysseus

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Telemachus

86
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The one with eternal hunger and thirst

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Tantalus

87
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A blind prophet of Apollo

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Teiresias

88
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The plant the crew eats and forgets home

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Lotus

89
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The fake name that Odysseus gives

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Noman

90
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The son of nausithous the father of Nausicaa

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Alcinoos

91
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King who gave Odysseus and the crew the wind to get home

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Aeolus

92
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Witch that turns Odysseus’ crew into pigs but leave Odysseus unharmed

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Circe

93
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How does Odysseus escape polyphemus’ cave

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He get him drunk, blinds him, and when he lets his sheep out in the morning the cling to the bellies of the sheep

94
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What is Odysseus’ character flaw revealed in the scene with the cyclops

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His pride, he rubs it in polyphemus’ face that he escaped

95
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What is in the leather bag Odysseus receives

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Winds that would keep him from reaching home

96
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What is the magic wands place in book ten and how does it affect Odysseus’ crew

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It turns the men into pigs but Hermes helps Odysseus so that he won’t be affected

97
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Where is Odysseus instructed to do at the end of book ten

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Hades

98
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Nymph that holds Odysseus captive

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Calypso

99
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Tells Telemachus to search for news of his father, really Athena in disguise

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Mentes

100
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Homeland of Odysseus

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Ithaca

101
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Odysseus’ father

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Laertes

102
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Island Odysseus is held captive on

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Ogygia

103
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How does Penelope avoid marring one of the suitors

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She says once she is done weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus she will choose one but each night she unweaves what she did that day

104
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What sign was given to the suitors by Zeus

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2 eagles flew overhead and as the flew over them the eagles fought

105
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Nestor tells Telemachus to go seek advice from Menelaus true/false

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True

106
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Telemachus life is plotted against by the suitors true/ false

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True

107
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Unfortunately Menelaus has no new of Odysseus to give Telemachus true/false

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False

108
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What immortal travels to tell calypso that Odysseus is to be released

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Hermes the gods messenger

109
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Telemachus is sent here in search of Odysseus Nestor lives here

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Pylos

110
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How does Athena reveal herself to Telemachus and how do you know it is her

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She appears as Mentes and when she leaves she shoots up through the roof

111
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Who interferes with Odysseus seventeen day boat journey

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Poseidon throws him out of the boat and the sea goddess saves him while he’s drowning

112
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What is the problem confronting the Greeks as the Iliad begins
Why is it of national importance

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Everyone is dying and losing soldiers even though it has unnecessary
The majority of the soldiers want to go home

113
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Why does Achilles withdraw from battle

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He’s doesn’t like the orders Agamemnon gives him

114
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Why does d Achilles not beat up Agamemnon

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Athena told him not to and that the consequences he will receive will be terrible and give him a bad image

115
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Sea goddess and the mother of Achilles

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Thetis

116
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Why do you believe Hera argues with Zeus at the end of book one what is her motive

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Because Paris chose Aphrodite as the fairest she wants Zeus to side with the Greeks

117
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Brother of Agamemnon

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Menelaus

118
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Greatest of the Greek hero’s

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Achilles

119
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Oldest of the heroes

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Nestor

120
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Sacrificed by her father in hopes of appeasing Artemis

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Iphigenia

121
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Port of gathering for the Greeks before their depart for Troy

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Aulis

122
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The prince of Troy

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Paris

123
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He brave son of Priam

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Hector

124
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The beautiful son of Priam

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Alexandros ( Paris)

125
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Wife of Agamemnon

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Clytemnestra

126
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Prophet working in league with the Greeks

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Cal his

127
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Hector leaves the battlefield to return to Troy to ask Hecuba and the other Trojan matrons to pray that Athena may prevent diomedes from entering Troy true/false

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True

128
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Diomedes and glaucus refrain from doing battle because of the friendship of their ancestors true/ false

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True

129
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The Trojans hold a court at which antenor suggests returning Helen to the Greeks but Paris refuses to do so offering to return only the treasure he took from Greece true/ false

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True

130
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The Greeks and Trojans suspend warring so that the dead may be burned. (True or False)

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True

131
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The Greeks build a rampart and dig a ditch to protect their camps and ships.. (True or False)

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True

132
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Zeus weighs the fates of the to armies on his golden scales which indicate that the Trojans will presently be victorious. (True or False)

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True

133
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Panic overwhelms the Greeks as a result of their many defeats Agamemnon summons his leaders and weeping decides the best course of action is to flee to their home land. (True or False)

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True

134
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After the urging of Odysseus and Pheonix (Achilles old tutor) Achilles agrees to put aside his differences with Agamemnon and return to do battle with the Trojans. (True or False)

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False

135
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Diomedes and Odysseus serve as scouts commissioned to infiltrate the Trojan ranks and discover their plans. (True or False)

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True

136
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Bore 7 sons and 7 daughters Apollo and Artemis shot and killed all of her children and Made bold/arrogant statements asking all men to make sacrifices to her

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Niobe

137
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Father of Pelops

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Tantalus

138
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He ended the curse of the house of Atreus, son of Agamemnon, saw invisible companions, and has to choose between being a traitor to his father or the murderer of his mother

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Orestes

139
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Children of Agamemnon

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Iphigenia, Orestes, Electra

140
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Prophetess Priams daughter and the armys gift to Agamemnon

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Cassandra

141
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Commanding respect because or age or associated dignity

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Venerable

141
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An alter attendant in public worship

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Acolytes

142
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A pouring of wine or other liquids in honor of a god

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Libation

143
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Something that precedes or goes before

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Precursor

144
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Rhythmic flow of sounds, general modulation of voice

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Cadence

145
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Tricked

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Beguiled

146
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Supreme or sovereign authority, realm or domain

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Dominion

147
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Extraordinary, wondrous, marvelous

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Prodigious

148
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Threatening to cause evil or harm

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Menacing

149
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Decreed or ordered

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Ordained

150
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Of special beauty, charm or excellence

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Exquisite

151
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Tormented with the sight of promise of something desired that can’t be had

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Tantalized

152
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A violation beyond the limits imposed by law

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Transgression

153
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Occurring or existing of the same time, of same age or date

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Contemporary

154
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Made through a humble, earnest entreaty (especially through prayer)

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Supplicated

155
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Enforced return of property or goods, compensation

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Restitution

156
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A person chosen to decide a dispute

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Arbitrator

157
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Extremely sacred

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Sacrosanct

158
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The highest of culminating point, a mountain peak

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Pinnacle

159
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A fortress for defending a city

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Citadel

160
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A person or thing that harms or spoils, a deadly poison

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Bane

161
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Pile of wood for burning often associated with burial rites

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Pure

162
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Broad bank or mound of earth raised in fortification/defense

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Rampart

163
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The slaughter of many as in battle

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Carnage

164
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Of great weight, awkward or unwieldy

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Ponderous

165
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To win or gain the favor of

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Propitiate

166
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Firm and unwavering

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Steadfast

167
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Accelerating, moving or acting swiftly

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Hastening

168
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Fleeting, transitory, short lived

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Ephemeral

169
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Pleasing to the taste, the food or the gods is an example

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Ambrosial

170
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Intentional exaggeration

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Hyperbole

171
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Male head of a family or tribe

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Patriarch

172
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Concern for humanity, often expressed in donation

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Philanthropy

173
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A current at variance with the main current, a small whirlpool

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Eddy

174
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Unnatural paleness

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Pallor

175
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Displaying lustrous colors like those of the rainbow

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Iridescent

176
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A short thick stick used as a weapon

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Cudgel

177
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To persuade by flattery or promises

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Cajole

178
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A distress e or unfortunate condition or state

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Plight

179
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Existing at or from the very beginning

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Primordial

180
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Overly absorbed with oneself, self loving

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Narcissistic

181
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Long series of wanderings often filled with notable experiences

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Odyssey

182
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A bitter feeling of hatred

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Enmity

183
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Severe and intensive questioning, official investigation or political/religious nature

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Inquisition

184
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To urge, advise or caution earnestly

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Exhort

185
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Mournfully sad

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Doleful

186
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Inclined to be silent or secretive, uncommunicative

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Reticent

187
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A person opposed to a government or law

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Anarchist

188
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A period of watchfulness or wakefulness kept throughout the night

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Vigil

189
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A foolish action or idea

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Folly

190
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The city-states of Ancient Greece were constantly at war with each other true/false

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True

191
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Delian league

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A defensive alliance similar to nato

192
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Having human qualities

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Anthropomorphic

193
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Athenian democracy provided citizens with an unprecedented cultural and political environment known as….

A

The golden age of Athens

194
Q

The adaption of the Phoenician syllabary resulted in the first true….

A

Alphabet

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