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Agamemnon
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
Athene
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
battle
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
bright-eyed
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
burned
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
coming
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
darkness
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
death
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
down
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
escape
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
evening
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
fall
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
fire
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
fires
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
gather
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
god
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
gods
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
Greeks
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
heart
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
heeded
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From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
joy
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
kindled
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
laid
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
low
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
made
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
man's
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
meal
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
mighty
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
offer
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
offered
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
palaces
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
prayed
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
prayer
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From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
praying
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
Quickly
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
rousing
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
sacrifice
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
sacrifices
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
scattered
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
set
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
storm-cloud
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
sun
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
then
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From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Quickly then they scattered, and kindled fires, and made their evening meal, and offered sacrifices to the gods, praying for escape from death in the coming battle.
together
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
Troy
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
urging
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From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
walls
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From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then did the Greeks gather themselves together to battle, and among them went the bright-eyed Athene, urging on each one, and rousing in each man's heart the joy of strength and of battle.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Great Zeus, god of the storm-cloud, let not the sun set nor the darkness fall until I have laid low the palaces of Troy and burned down its walls with fire."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading So he prayed, but as yet Zeus heeded not his prayer.
Zeus
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From this reading To Zeus did Agamemnon offer his sacrifice and to the mighty god he prayed:
