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Odyssey Vocab

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Plunder (If you plunge a toilet you use alot of force so plundered..)   “...after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy…” (491). Took something by force  
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Guile (what is odessuys)   “Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war…” (492). Cunning, craftiness, specilization  
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Mutinous (M= mean)   “My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine,” (493). Rebellious, against the rules  
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Lee ( the LEEWay side remember world geo no _ _ _ _)   “We...unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee,” (493). Area sheltered from the wind  
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Victuals (kind of like ambrosia just not from gods)   “A wineskin full I brought along, and victuals in a bag,”(495) Food or other provisions (495)  
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Kids (yk this one)   “a drying rack that sagged with cheeses, pens crowded with lambs and kids,20 each in its class:” (495) Young goats (495)  
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Prodigious ( A prodigy has BIG influence of BIG size)   “A prodigious man slept in this cave alone,” (494) Enormous (494)  
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Talents ( you get paid for your talent)   “...He gave me seven shining, golden talents…” (495). Units of money in ancient Greece  
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Whey (No WHEY you would drink that part of the milk)   “And vessels full of whey were brimming there - bowls of earthenware and pails for milking,” (495). The watery part of the milk separated from the curds.  
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Boughs (think B= Branches)   “When he came he had a load of dry boughs” (496) Tree branches (496)  
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Withy (sounds naturey)   “...Sieved out the curds to drip in withy baskets…” (496). Made from tough and flexible twigs.  
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Brace (you brace for impact with TWO arms or a ____ of arms)   “he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast,” (498) Pair (498)  
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Din (in Din parties its loud so that means)   “There was a din of whistling as the Cyclops rounded his flock to higher ground…” (498). Loud continuous noise, uproar  
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Ambrosia ( sounds like drink, drink is food) from who?   “but here’s a bit of nectar and ambrosia!” (499) Food of the gods (499)  
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Sage (yk this one)   “To this rough shout, they made a sage reply” (501) Wise (501)  
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Pinioned (pinned)   “There Perimedes and Eurylochus pinioned the sacred beasts.” (507) Confined or shackled (507)  
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Libations (Liberals sacrifice for common god so libations are )   “...And poured libations round it to the unnumbered dead…” (507). Wine or other liquids poured upon the ground as a sacrifice or offering.  
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Votive (votive, VO_ to ___ or T for __anks)   “I spaded up the votive pit…” (507). Done to fulfill a vow or express thanks  
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Kine (K like C)   “Avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent”(509) Cattle (509)  
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Hecatombs (hectares large amount of land = hecatombs but murderous way)   “...Carry out pure hecatombs at home to all wide heaven’s lords, the undying gods, to each in order,” (509) large-scale sacrifices to the gods in ancient Greece; often, the slaughter of 100 cattle at one time.  
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Travail (on a trail you have to persevere which means its)   “And all this time, in travail, sobbings, gaining on the current,”(514) Very hard work (514)  
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Maelstrom (strom- storm scylla and charybdis which is a)   “But when she swallowed the seawater down we saw the funnel of the maelstrom” (514) Large, violent whirlpool (514)  
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Cuirass (cUirAss)   Armor Upper body “...So I tied on my cuirass and took up two heavy spears…” (514) Amor for the upper body.  
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Beeves (starts with bee_)   “There was none. The silken beeves of Hellos were dead” (518) Plural form of beef (518)  
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Cairn (you show thanks or CARE for dead figures by building a )   “but fire my corpse, and all the gear I had, and build a cairn” (508) Heap of stones built as a monument (508)  
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