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22 Cards in this Set
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Titanic
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huge or the titans children of uranus
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cornucopia
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an abundance, plenty/thanksgiving or horn of the goat that suckled zeus which broke off and become filled with fruit
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phoenix
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symbol of renewel
or bird that rose from fire and ashes |
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Midas touch
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ability to manage a lot of money
or power to turn whatever he touched into gold |
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nemesis
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an opponent/enemy
or goddess of retribute, justice, or vengence |
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Olympian
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an athlete
or 1 of the gods that reside on mt. olympus |
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jovial
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jolly
or reference to Zeus (jove) |
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typhoon
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tropical cyclone in western pacific/indian oceans
or monster with 100 heads thrown by seuz in tortarus (typhoon) |
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narcissist
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excesse love or admiration for oneself
or a boy who died because he was so obsessed with his beauty that he wouldn't get up and eat,etc. |
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chronic
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continuosly
or chronus- god of time |
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Achilles' heel
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seemingly small but actually crucial weakness
or a man who was mortal and his mother dipped him into liquid making him immortal but didn't get his heel which became his vulnerable spot |
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labryinth
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intricate in structure
or the maze which the miotaur was confined |
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volcano
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opening in earth's crush through which molten lava ash and gases are ejected
or vulcan- god of fire |
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calliope
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musical instrument fitting with steam whistles and played from a keyboard
or muse of epic poetry |
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herculean
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unusual in size, power of difficulty
or of or relating to hercules |
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chimerical
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highly improbable
or fire-breathing she monster with a lion's head and a goat's body |
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atlas
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book of maps
or a titan sentenced by zeus to hold up heaven forever |
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arachniphobia
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fear of spiders
or maiden who athena turned into a spider and sewed very well, spider webs |
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mercurial
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quickness
or relating to mercury |
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pandora's box
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an unpredictable "can of worms" that releases many problems
or our of curiousity pandora opened a box releasing all human ills, only hope remained in bottom of box |
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pandora's box
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an unpredictable "can of worms" that releases many problems
or our of curiousity pandora opened a box releasing all human ills, only hope remained in bottom of box |
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pandora's box
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an unpredictable "can of worms" that releases many problems
or our of curiousity pandora opened a box releasing all human ills, only hope remained in bottom of box |
