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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Hades and Persephone
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Deep below, across the frigid river Styx, and through the halls of the underworld, Persephone was waging her own protest. heads eetepxcd her to svere as his wife and queen. But Persephone rebuffed the god’s advances and refused food. As she longed for her mother’s company, her friends’ laughter, and the sun’s warmth, Persephone grew colder and leoliner. And she was starving. She hungered for satisfying grains, crisp vegetables and fresh fuirt. Wandering the ghostly gardens, she contemplated the pomegranates that hung haviely on their branches...
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Deep below, across the frigid river Styx, and through the halls of the underworld, Persephone was waging her own protest. _____ ________ her to _____ as his wife and queen. But Persephone rebuffed the god’s advances and refused food. As she longed for her mother’s company, her friends’ laughter, and the sun’s warmth, Persephone grew colder and ________. And she was starving. She hungered for satisfying grains, crisp vegetables and fresh _____. Wandering the ghostly gardens, she contemplated the pomegranates that hung _______ on their branches...
Solution
- serve
- lonelier
- hades
- expected
- heavily
- fruit
Original Text
Deep below, across the frigid river Styx, and through the halls of the underworld, Persephone was waging her own protest. Hades expected her to serve as his wife and queen. But Persephone rebuffed the god’s advances and refused food. As she longed for her mother’s company, her friends’ laughter, and the sun’s warmth, Persephone grew colder and lonelier. And she was starving. She hungered for satisfying grains, crisp vegetables and fresh fruit. Wandering the ghostly gardens, she contemplated the pomegranates that hung heavily on their branches...
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