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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 sight of an old man snruuoerdd 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 poiperechs. mvoed by his plight, the wind brothers set upon the flock, providing Phineas with a brief respite from his phnuinsmet. In ruetrn, the seer told them how to ovomcree the terrifying trial that lay ahead: the Symplegades, a pair clnhsiag rocks that reduced ships to splinters.
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The remaining Argonauts continued their quest, until stopping at the sight of an old man __________ 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 __________. _____ by his plight, the wind brothers set upon the flock, providing Phineas with a brief respite from his __________. In ______, the seer told them how to ________ the terrifying trial that lay ahead: the Symplegades, a pair ________ rocks that reduced ships to splinters.
Solution
- surrounded
- clashing
- overcome
- punishment
- prophecies
- moved
- return
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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