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35 Cards in this Set
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supplication
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act of praying
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lamentation
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act of mourning someone
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batten
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to feed upon
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augury
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art or practice of divination
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foreboding
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anticipate something bad (internal)
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defilement
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act of corrupting
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conpunction
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remorse, pitty
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paled
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lack of health
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clairvoyant
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ability to see into the future
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pestulance
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pest
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strife
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big quarrel
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incarnate
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embodyment, in the flesh
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malediction
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curse
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baseness
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low vulgur
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shroud
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oath
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execrable
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detestable, vile
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bane
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opposite of a blessing, a terrible thing
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presume
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to assume
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anagnorisis
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epiphemy, realization
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catastrophe
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event in which the plot is resolved
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deus ex machina
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a god who appears at the end to solve an insoluble situation
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hamartia
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tragic flaw
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hubris
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excessive pride, outrage
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moira
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fate, portion
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peripeteia
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false relief
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prologue
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the section of tragedy before the parados
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ode
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classical greek song
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orchestra
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the theatre stage
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Phoibos
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epithet of apollo
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house of kadmos
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legendary founder of thebes
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delphi
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oracle of apollo
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Choragos
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leader of the choir
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Kithairon
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mountain range near thebes
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furies
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the infernal spirits of divine vengeance
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helios
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epithet of apollo
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