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43 Cards in this Set
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contending |
fighting, dealing with difficulties |
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formidable |
inspiring or impressive |
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ilion |
an ancient city |
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mustered |
to assemble or gather |
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withy baskets |
baskets made from willow twigs |
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ravage |
to work havoc on |
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lugger |
type of sail boat |
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profusion |
an abundance of something |
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nectar and ambrosia |
drink and food of gods |
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smithy |
blacksmith’s shop where iron tools are made |
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adze |
ax like tool with curved blade |
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divers |
diverse, various |
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pectoral fleece |
wool on a sheep’s chest |
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carrion rogue |
scoundrel dead person |
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lob |
to toss |
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weird |
fate |
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ambrosial |
fit for the gods or divine |
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stealth |
secret or sneaky action |
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mast |
various kinds of nuts used for food for hogs |
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Erebus |
dark place under the earth where the dead passes |
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flay |
strip the skin from something |
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implacable |
unyeilding merciless |
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Thrinakia |
Island where the sun god, Helios, kept his sacred cattle |
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kine/beeves |
old term for cattle / cows |
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winnowing fan |
tool used to remove the useless dry outer covering from grain |
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hecatombs |
100 , a sacrifice of 100 cattle at a time to the gods |
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rancor |
bitter hate |
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Harpies |
monsters that are half bird half woman |
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whelp |
puppy |
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serried |
crowded together |
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abominably |
disgusting or unpleasant manner |
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promontory |
high land that goes into a body of water |
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Aphritie |
goddess of the sea and wife of Poseidon |
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maelstrom |
violent whirlpool |
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plumb |
straight vertical |
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ardor |
passion |
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combers |
breaking waves |
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smother |
commotion, violent action or disorder |
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cuirass |
armor for the chest and back |
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travail |
commotion confusion p. 936 |
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gorge |
throat and jaws of a greedy, all devouring being |
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blanched |
grew pale |
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dire grapple |
to desperately hold |
