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  1. hurl
    throw forcefully
    Some god clutching a great weight struck my head,
    then hurled me onto paths in wilderness,
    throwing down and casting underfoot
    what brought me joy.
  2. wretched
    very unhappy; full of misery
    So sad…so sad…
    the wretched agony of human life.
  3. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
    Aaiiii...a gathering place for death...
    no sacrifice can bring this to an end.
  4. altar
    a raised structure on which sacrifices to a god are made
    Stabbed with a sharp sword at the altar,
    she let her darkening eyesight fail,
    once she had cried out in sorrow
    for the glorious fate of Megareos
  5. tremble
    move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
    My fear now makes me tremble.
  6. confront
    oppose, as in hostility or a competition
    Now we need to deal with what confronts us here.
    What’s yet to come is the concern of those
    whose task it is to deal with it.
  7. release
    the act of liberating someone or something
    There’s no release for mortal human beings,
    not from events which destiny has set.
  8. intend
    have in mind as a purpose
    I killed you, my son, without intending to,
    and you, as well, my wife.
  9. overwhelming
    so strong as to be irresistible
    Everything I touch goes wrong, and on my head
    fate climbs up with its overwhelming load.
  10. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
    The most important part of true success
    is wisdom—not to act impiously
    towards the gods, for boasts of arrogant men
    bring on great blows of punishment—
    so in old age men can discover wisdom.
  11. boast
    a statement expressing pride or self-regard
    The most important part of true success
    is wisdom—not to act impiously
    towards the gods, for boasts of arrogant men
    bring on great blows of punishment—
    so in old age men can discover wisdom.
  12. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
    The most important part of true success
    is wisdom—not to act impiously
    towards the gods, for boasts of arrogant men
    bring on great blows of punishment—
    so in old age men can discover wisdom.
Created on Tue Jun 04 15:58:03 EDT 2019 (updated Thu Jun 06 11:56:39 EDT 2019)

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