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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: The myth of Hercules
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Next came three more beastly foes, each requiring a clever strategy to defeat. The carnivorous stphyaliamn birds nested in an ipntmelbraee samwp, but Hercules used Athena’s scapiel rattle to frighten them into the air, at which point he shot them down. No mortal could stand before the Cretan bull’s mad rampage, but a chokehold from behind did the trick. And the mad King Diomedes, who had trained his horses to devour his guests, got a taste of his own medicine when Hercules wrestled him into his own selatbs. The ennsiug feast celamd the beasts enough for Hercules to bind their mouths.
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Next came three more beastly foes, each requiring a clever strategy to defeat. The carnivorous ___________ birds nested in an ____________ _____, but Hercules used Athena’s _______ rattle to frighten them into the air, at which point he shot them down. No mortal could stand before the Cretan bull’s mad rampage, but a chokehold from behind did the trick. And the mad King Diomedes, who had trained his horses to devour his guests, got a taste of his own medicine when Hercules wrestled him into his own _______. The _______ feast ______ the beasts enough for Hercules to bind their mouths.
Solution
- calmed
- stables
- special
- ensuing
- stymphalian
- impenetrable
- swamp
Original Text
Next came three more beastly foes, each requiring a clever strategy to defeat. The carnivorous Stymphalian birds nested in an impenetrable swamp, but Hercules used Athena’s special rattle to frighten them into the air, at which point he shot them down. No mortal could stand before the Cretan bull’s mad rampage, but a chokehold from behind did the trick. And the mad King Diomedes, who had trained his horses to devour his guests, got a taste of his own medicine when Hercules wrestled him into his own stables. The ensuing feast calmed the beasts enough for Hercules to bind their mouths.
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