Chapter 20 of The Wooden Horse of the Fall of Troy is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Wooden Horse of the Fall of Troy is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Endymion. Orion. Aurora and Tithonus. Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos. One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
Chapter 20 of The Wooden Horse of the Fall of Troy is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the first light of day
From this reading “Aurora and Tithonus.”
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
From this reading “One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.”
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading “Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.”
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading “Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.”
(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
From this reading “Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.”
attach to a support
From this reading “Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.”
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading “Orion.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.”
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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 Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
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From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aurora and Tithonus.
the first light of day
From this reading Aurora and Tithonus.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
make calm or still
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
rid of obstructions
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Endymion.
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
attach to a support
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading Orion.
cut with a saw
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
the state of being asleep
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One calm, clear night, Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aurora and Tithonus.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
which person or people
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Acis and Galatea Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos.
Chapter 20 of The Wooden Horse of the Fall of Troy by Classical Greek & Roman Sagas (Hesiod, Ovid & Homer) holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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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