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THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

The Misfortunes of Thebes.= Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed nearly every scion of his house.

His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

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THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182. The Misfortunes of Thebes.= Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed nearly every scion of his house. His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths. The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told. The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

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THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

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The Misfortunes of Thebes.= Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed nearly every scion of his house.

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His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

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The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

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The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

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Dragon noun US /ˈdræɡən/

a mythical or imagined creature shaped like a large reptile

From this reading “The Misfortunes of Thebes.= Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed nearly every scion of his house.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

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182

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From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

Actæon

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

Agave

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

Autonoë

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

branch

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

Cadmus

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From this reading The Misfortunes of Thebes.= Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed nearly every scion of his house.

curse

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daughters

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

deaths

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

descendants

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DIPUS

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From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

dragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/

a mythical or imagined creature shaped like a large reptile

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

family

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

fell

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find

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followed

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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

grandsons

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

HOUSE

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From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

Inachus

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Ino

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

LABDACUS

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From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

lived

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

lives

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

Mars

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Melicertes

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

Misfortunes

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nearly

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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

Pentheus

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

Polydorus

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

remain

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

Returning

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scion

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seems

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From this reading The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

Semele

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

slew

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son

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

sorrowful

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

spared

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From this reading The curse seems to have spared Polydorus himself.

SPHINX

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From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

sprung

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

suffered

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS DIPUS AND THE SPHINX] =182.

Thebes

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

told

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From this reading The misfortunes of one branch of his family, sprung from his son Polydorus, remain to be told.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

violent

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From this reading His daughters, Semele, Ino, Autonoë, Agave,--his grandsons, Melicertes, Actæon, Pentheus,--lived sorrowful lives or suffered violent deaths.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

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