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64 Cards in this Set
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Koran
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the sacred book of the muslims
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Simon Legree
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brutal slave owner in uncle toms cabin; now any merciless master
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*Lilliput
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the country inhabited by timy people visited by guilliver in gullivers travels
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Limbo
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the 1st circle of dante's hell, any indefintie condition or place
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Little John
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friend of robin hood
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*lotos-eaters
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a land Odysseus vistited on his homeward journey
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neptune
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roman god of the sea; posiden
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never-never land
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the fairyland in james m barri's peter pan; any fantasy land
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nirvana
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state of blissfulness and enlightenment
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noble savage
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man in his primitive origninal condition is good and noble; is corrupted by his flawed and over sophisitcated social institutions
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nymphs
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femal eities assosiated with trees or eater
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pantheon
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temple devoted to all the gods, specifically the roman domed edifice built by hadrian from 120-124 ad
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panza, sancho
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peasant squire of don quixote in cervantes' epic story
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pentateuch
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the 1st 5 books of the old testament, tradionally ascribed to moses
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philistine
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an uncultured, narrow minded person
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phoenix
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great bird said to consume itself in flames every500 years and rise to another life out of its own ashes
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plate
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classical greek philosopher, founder of the academy in athens
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pollyanna
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child heroine of novels by EH porter;she always looks on the bright side
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pound of flesh
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today means to enfoce a highly unequal bargain with severe penalties
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medusa
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one of the 4 gorgons, hair of snakes
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mentor
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friend and adviser of Odysseus, teacher or wise counselor
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merlin
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legendary magician, enchanter and wise man in arthurian legend
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methuselah
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oldest of biblical patriarchs
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midas
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legendary monarch who who wished everything that he touched would turn to gold
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minotaur
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fabulous monster, half man half bull
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mohammed
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founder and prophet of the religion of islam
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mt olympus
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dwelling place of the greek gods
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muses
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the patron goddess of mans intellectual and creative endeavors
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rip van winkle
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typical of persons out of step with their times
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romulus and remus
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twins associated with teh founding of rome;one killed the other and founded rome
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Koran
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the sacred book of the muslims
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Simon Legree
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brutal slave owner in uncle toms cabin; now any merciless master
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*Lilliput
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the country inhabited by timy people visited by guilliver in gullivers travels
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Limbo
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the 1st circle of dante's hell, any indefintie condition or place
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Little John
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friend of robin hood
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*lotos-eaters
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a land Odysseus vistited on his homeward journey
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neptune
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roman god of the sea; posiden
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never-never land
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the fairyland in james m barri's peter pan; any fantasy land
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nirvana
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state of blissfulness and enlightenment
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noble savage
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man in his primitive origninal condition is good and noble; is corrupted by his flawed and over sophisitcated social institutions
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nymphs
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femal eities assosiated with trees or eater
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pantheon
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temple devoted to all the gods, specifically the roman domed edifice built by hadrian from 120-124 ad
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panza, sancho
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peasant squire of don quixote in cervantes' epic story
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pentateuch
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the 1st 5 books of the old testament, tradionally ascribed to moses
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philistine
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an uncultured, narrow minded person
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round table
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part of arthurian legend; refers generally to arthur and his group of knights
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sacred cow
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anything-a creed, institution, or person, so rever3ed as to be beyond public critism
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salt of the earth
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implies that he/she is eminently virtuous byt possible a bit unexciting
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scrooge, ebenezer
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the repulsive skinflint of charles dickens A Christmas carol
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scylla and charybdis
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to find oneself between two dangers where escaping one means falling prey to the other
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seventh heaven
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the highest bliss
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shangri-la
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utopial of eternal youth and peace, supposedly located in tibet;hiltons lost horizon; any ideal retreat from the world
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silver, long john
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ships cook in stevensons treasure island;evil but treats jim kind
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socrates
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athenian teacher and philosopher;pupil plato;a teacher of this method would pretend ignorance to prompt students to develop own thoughts and ideas
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talmud
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traditional body of jewish law
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tilt at windmills
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from Cervante's Don Quixote, now means to follow an ideal
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torah
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scriptural writings of the jews
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two edged sword
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applied to a policy that may harm either proponent or opponent
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Uncle Tom
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old Negro slave, central figure in Stows novel
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valhalla
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the banqueting hall of the norse gods; a type of heaven
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Via Dolorosa
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Street in jerusalem; analogy to any painful suffering
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Vulgate
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the latin translation the bible;authorized version of teh catholic church;an accepted text of any work
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white elephant
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an object hobby or luxury ruinously expensive to maintain
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Yorick
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In sharespears hamlet the jester of hamlets father
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