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psychopompous
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escorter of dead souls from this world to the underworld
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herm
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stylized statue of Hermes used to mark boundaries of Athens.
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haruspicy
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taking omens by consulting entrails of newly slaughtered animals or birds.
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augur
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religious official who interpreted things like weather signs, bird flights
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auspice
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omens falling under the jurisdiction of the augurs
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Hermeneutics
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science and methodology of interpretation
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Thyrsus
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staff decorated with ivy, vines or ribbons
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Dithrambos
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double birth
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sparagamos
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ripping apart wild animals
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omophagy
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eating raw flesh
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Orpheus
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legendary poet of Thrace, with magical ability to charm plants and animals
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Satyrs, Silenus, and Maenads
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followers of Dionysus
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