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20 Cards in this Set
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Odyssey |
Any long series of wondering or long adventurous journeys can be described as in Odyssey |
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Olympian |
Anything that is superior |
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Paean |
a triumphal song in general |
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Pandora's box |
Source of many unforeseen and unimaginable problems |
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Parnassus |
Regarded as the seat of poetry and music |
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Pegasus |
A means of escape; winged horse |
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Phoenix |
We start to a new existence resurrection uniquely remarkable |
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Plutocracy |
One who exercises influence or possesses power through his wealth |
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Promethean |
Archetype of the courageous rebel who dares to challenge the power of the gods and of fate, spark of life and vitality |
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Protean |
Power to change its shape prophecy of the future changes frequently or easily |
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Psyche |
Breath of life or soul, soul of a female |
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Pygmalion |
King Cypress fashioned and ivory statue of a beautiful woman and loved it so deeply Aphrodite gave it life |
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Pyrrhic victory |
One gained with terrible loss of life or at too great a cost |
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Saturnalia |
Scene of wild referee or an orgy |
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Saturnine |
Moody or mysterious |
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Sibyl |
Woman able to foretell the future |
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Sisyphean |
A task that can never be completed a seemingly endless ordeal |
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Stentorian |
Person with a powerful voice |
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Stygian |
Deep gloomy or funky darkness very dark |
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Tantalize |
To torment or tease |
