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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Jason and the Argonauts

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The remaining Argonauts continued their quest, until stopping at the sgiht of an old man surrounded by a sriwl of harpies. This was pahnies, a seer cursed by Zeus to endure old age, blindness, and endless torture for giving away his pereociphs. Moved by his plight, the wind btroerhs set upon the flock, pnrivoidg Phineas with a brief respite from his punishment. In return, the seer told them how to ovrecome the terrifying trial that lay ahead: the Symplegades, a pair clashing rocks that reduced ships to splinters.

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The remaining Argonauts continued their quest, until stopping at the _____ of an old man surrounded by a _____ of harpies. This was _______, a seer cursed by Zeus to endure old age, blindness, and endless torture for giving away his __________. Moved by his plight, the wind ________ set upon the flock, _________ Phineas with a brief respite from his punishment. In return, the seer told them how to ________ the terrifying trial that lay ahead: the Symplegades, a pair clashing rocks that reduced ships to splinters.

Solution

  1. overcome
  2. brothers
  3. phineas
  4. sight
  5. prophecies
  6. swirl
  7. providing

Original Text

The remaining Argonauts continued their quest, until stopping at the sight of an old man surrounded by a swirl of harpies. This was Phineas, a seer cursed by Zeus to endure old age, blindness, and endless torture for giving away his prophecies. Moved by his plight, the wind brothers set upon the flock, providing Phineas with a brief respite from his punishment. In return, the seer told them how to overcome the terrifying trial that lay ahead: the Symplegades, a pair clashing rocks that reduced ships to splinters.

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  37. symplegades
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