Chapter 11 of Daedalus and Icarus is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Daedalus and Icarus is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Golden Fleece. Medea. The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele. They had two children, a boy and a girl. After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
Chapter 11 of Daedalus and Icarus is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.”
the wool of a sheep or similar animal
From this reading “The Golden Fleece.”
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading “The Golden Fleece.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.”
marked by a lack of interest
From this reading “After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.”
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading “Medea.”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
later than; following
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
a youthful male person
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
the wool of a sheep or similar animal
From this reading The Golden Fleece.
a young female
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The Golden Fleece.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
marked by a lack of interest
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading Medea.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Golden Fleece.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading They had two children, a boy and a girl.
precisely as stated
From this reading The Calydonian Hunt In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a king and queen named Athamas and Nephele.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife, put her away, and took another.
Chapter 11 of Daedalus and Icarus by Classical Greek & Roman Sagas (Hesiod, Ovid & Homer) holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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