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Noun, lengthy and ernest speech.
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| Noun, illusion or phantom |
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| Noun, clear rousing sound |
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| V. Tr., beseige, vex, harass |
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| Noun, omen, sign of somthing to come, esp. somthing of great import |
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| V. Tr., marked with spots |
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| Noun, arched roof, underground chamber, vault-like covering, place of storage, place of internment |
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| Adj, a married person having sexual relations with someone other than his/her spouse |
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| Noun, belt for a sword or other piece of equipment that crosses the shoulder down to the hip |
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| Noun, compensation for loss incurred, sum paid for this, esp. by victor |
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| Noun, person under the protection or tutelage of another |
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| Noun, friendship, friendly relations |
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| Noun, impudence, asperity, rancor, bitterness |
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| Noun, projecting flat rim used for strengthening or attachment |
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| Noun, coufused fight or squirmish, confused mass of people |
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| Noun, arrogant pride or presumption |
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| Noun, emotional release in drama or psychological process or freeing emotion |
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| (epic is a long narrative poem of heroic deeds) simile used to compare actions to events the audience would have experienced |
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| larger than life character often with supernatural qualities, who goes on a quest to acheive some task that will save the world, usually of noble birth |
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| Noun, characterizing adjective 2. such a word as a term of abuse |
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| Noun, pause between acts of a play, intervening time, space |
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| Noun, malicious or injurous statement about someone |
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| V. Intr., suggests to, to suggest a specified outcome usually well or ill 2. a soothsayer |
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| Adj., of a man, having masculine power or strength |
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| Noun, 1. half 2. each of the parts into which a thing is divided |
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| V. Tr., deprived of a friend or family member, esp. by death |
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| Adv., unable to be appeased or satisfied |
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| Noun, act of being splendid or generous |
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| Adj., restlessness 2. cannot be presuaded by request or entreaty |
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| Noun, decendent, shoot of a plant |
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| Noun, 1. pouring out of a drink offering to the gods |
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| Adj., inspiring fear or dread |
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| V. Tr., to acquire or appropriate in advance, to forestall |
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| Adj., very virulent or infectious B. cancerous 2. harmful |
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| Noun, killing of a parent or near relative |
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| V. Intr., lose or lack vitality 2. droop or pine for |
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| Dactylic is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed such as "Washington." Hexameter refers to six feet per line. N.B. a "foot" is a repeated unit of steady rythm. |
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| two successive stressed syllables. i.e. "heartbreak" |
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| from the latin meaning "in the middle" meaning the time of the story begins in the middle of the drama. In the Odyssey and Iliad it is the last year of the conflict |
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An extended scene of a special valor in persuit of imperishable glory. Examples: Diomedes in Books 4-6; Agamemnon in Book 11, Hector in Book 15, Patroclus in Book 16 and the most important, Akhilleus in Books 19-22
Elements of Aristeia are: 1. Arming scene 2. Brilliance of Armor/hero 3. Exhortation to followers 4. Initial exploit 5. Setback (wounding) 6. Divine inspiration 7. Renewed exploits 8. Double simile 9. The kill 10. Taunting the victim |
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