Unit 5: Part 2 Vocabulary

My son, there is one who defies your power and mine.

Send an arrow into the breast of that dark monarch.

She stood by the River Cyane, where Pluto had cleft the earth and gone down into his own dominions.

"This cannot go on," said mighty Zeus. "I see that I must intervene.”

Provided she has not tasted food in the realm of the dead, she may return to her mother forever.

One third of the year Persephone spends in the gloomy abode of Pluto—one month for each seed that she tasted.

This was why there were some who doubted the wisdom of the Emperor for, by not allowing his heiress to marry, he showed a selfishness and shortsightedness towards his daughter and his empire which many considered was not truly wise.

In his feebleness he channeled all his failing energies towards instructing Ixtla in statecraft, for he was no longer able to exercise that craft himself.

Furthermore, he decreed that directly he learned that his enemies had been defeated he would instantly cease to be Emperor himself.

The warriors, however, were glad when they heard of the decree: there was not one of them who would not have been glad to have the princess as his wife and they all relished the chance of becoming Emperor.

Since they knew none of them could rightly claim the victory for himself (the decision among the Emperor's fighting men that Popo was responsible for the victory had been unanimous), they wanted to spoil for him and for Ixtla the delights which the Emperor had promised.

They went straight to the palace and, with much cheering, told the Emperor that his enemies had been routed and that Popo was the undoubted victor of the conflict.

Eagle regretted to have Coyote for a companion.

“No,” said Eagle, “you are not reliable. You might be curious and open the box and then we could lose the wonderful things we borrowed.”

“You won’t be able to refrain from opening the box. Curiosity will get the better of you.”

But Coyote went on pestering Eagle: “My chief, I am really embarrassed..."

Then Eagle relented, saying: “Will you promise not to drop the box and under no circumstances to open it?"

I should not have let you persuade me. I knew what kind of low, cunning, stupid creature you are.

Then, many of the people were captured for Slavery. The ones that could fly shed their wings.

She trembled to be so hard worked and scorned.

Sarah hoed and chopped the row as the babe on her back slept.

She had no heart to croon to it.

Then she felt the magic, the African mystery.

But they didn’t shuffle in a circle.

Seemingly impervious to the great storm, she floated near his raft and climbed aboard.

But I know this: for all the torture he has inflicted upon you, he will not kill you.

As we came down, we found that the break was in a flat area known as the “football field” that we had previously designated as a “safe” area to take a little rest.

I was able to get my oxygen saturation back up to 100% this morning!