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27 Cards in this Set
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repitition |
act of repeating |
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complication |
circumstance that makes something difficult |
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expressing quality characteristic of person or place |
epithet |
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description |
spoken/written representation of a person, place, or thing |
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Homeric simile |
runs several lines, used in epics to intensify the heroic stature of the subject |
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suspense |
state or feeling of uncertainty about what may happen |
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pun |
humorous use of words that emphisize a different meaning |
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alliteration |
occurrence of the same letter or sound at beginning of closely connected words |
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Adonis |
youth slain by boar but Zeus allows him to pass in the underworld for 4 months |
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Chimeral |
lion's body Goats head and serpants tail |
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Elysian |
bliss or delightful |
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Hermetic |
air tight seal by fusion, outside forces do not change it |
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Aegis |
backing, protecting, supporting of a particular person |
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bacchanalian |
crazy revelry, athmosphere |
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fauna |
animals of particular reion |
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iridescent |
luminous lights that change with the angle |
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atlas |
collection of maps tables charts etc: or god of maps |
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Cassandra |
She was cursed to tell prophecies but no one believed her: she talked about doom and disaster |
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floral |
flowers |
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jovial |
joyous humor or spirit of good fellowship |
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amazon |
female warriors pr area by amazon river |
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draconian |
Draco's code of law: this was severe and cruel |
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hector |
greatest hero of Trojen war and was killed by Achilles |
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ambrosia |
food of the gods |
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echolalia |
echos: repeating a phrase/words of something else |
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herculean |
referes to the great strength of hercules: having enormous amount of strength |
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auroral |
of or like the dawn |
