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arrogant: (a) 傲慢的；自大的 having an enlarged sense of one’s own importance or abilities
charisma: (n) 非凡的領導力 the ability to inspire enthusiasm, interest, or affection in others by
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means of personal charm or influence
glided: (v) 滑動，滑行 covered thinly with gold
grotesquely: (ad) 古怪地，怪異地 oddly or unnaturally in shape, appearance, or character; ugly
impaled: (v) （以尖物）刺穿；刺住 pierced with a sharp instrument
levitated: (v) 使升空（或飄浮）rose and floated in the air
lithe: (a) 易彎的，柔軟的；輕盈的 slim, supple, and graceful
luminous: (a) 發光的；夜光的；光輝的 bright or shining, especially in the dark
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mesmerizing: (v) 迷住；迷惑 to fascinate someone or absorb all of someone’s attention
milling: mill (v) (指人或動物)繞圈子, 亂轉 wandering around aimlessly
obsidian: (n) 【礦】黑曜石 jet black volcanic glass
parapets: (n) （陽臺、橋邊等的）低矮擋牆或欄杆，女兒牆 low walls built to keep someone from
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falling over a steep drop
portico: (n) 門廊；柱廊 a porch or walkway with roof supported by columns
predicament: (n) 尷尬的處境，困境 difficult situation
pretense: (n) 假裝；矯飾；虛偽；做作 an act or the action of pretending
reincarnated: (v) 使化身；使轉世 reborn in another body
ultimatum: (n) 最後通牒 a demand accompanied by a threat to inflict some penalty if the demand is
not met
18. sprawl: (v) 笨拙地爬行/懶散地伸開（手、足）
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Elysium: (n)【地】 【希神】 福地,樂土(英雄及善人死後居住之地),極樂世界 / 幸福的理想樂園,
樂土;無上幸福
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The Asphodel Meadows is a section of the Ancient Greek underworld where ordinary souls were sent
to live after death. The Asphodel Meadows is most probably where the souls of people who lived
average lives remain, however its relationship to other places in the Greek afterlife remains uncertain.
For later Greek poets the very ancient pre-Homeric association of the Asphodel flower with a positive form
of afterlife as well as the enlarged role of Elysium as it became the destination of more than just a few lucky
heroes, altered the character of the meadows. Greek poets who wrote after Homer's time describe them
as untouched, lovely, soft and holy. Such an evolutionary change is quite common: "Like most cultures
throughout human history, both ancient and modern, the Greeks held complex and sometimes
contradictory views about the afterlife".[2]
Some depictions describe it as a land of utter neutrality. That is, while the inhabitants were in life neither
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good nor evil, so they are treated in the afterlife. Other depictions have also stated that all residents drink
from the river Lethe before entering the fields, thus losing their identities. This somewhat negative outlook
on the afterlife for those who make little impact was perhaps passed down to encourage militarism in
Greek cultures as opposed to inaction. In fact, those who did take up arms and became heroes were
rewarded with everlasting joy in the fields of Elysium.
Edith Hamilton suggests that the Asphodel of these fields are not exactly like the Asphodel of our world but
are "presumably strange, pallid, ghostly flowers."[5] Others suggest that they were actually narcissi.[6]
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Charon: 【希神】在通往冥府的河（Styx）上渡亡靈的神 in Greek MYTHOLOGY, the ferryman who took
the souls of dead people in his boat across the river STYX to HADES
希臘神話中，卡戎，希臘神話中冥王 Hades 的船夫，負責將死者渡過冥河。注意不要和 Chiron 相混。
（喀戎是一個人馬 Centaur）
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Hades' Helm: [Greek Mythology] The helm was used by numerous figures, including the goddess of
wisdom, Athena, the messenger god, Hermes, the hero Perseus and, of course, by Hades, during the
Great Titan War.
Also known as the Helmet of Invisibility, the helmet was created by the cyclopes and given to Hades as a
gift after his brother Zeus freed them from Tartarus. These same cyclopes also forged the Lightning of Zeus
and the Trident of Poseidon, also as gifts for their freedom.
In classical mythology, the Cap of Invisibility is a helmet or cap that can turn the wearer invisible. It is also
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known as the Cap of Hades, Helm of Hades, or Helm of Darkness. Wearers of the cap in Greek myths
include Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the messenger god Hermes, and the hero Perseus. The Cap of
Invisibility enables the user to become invisible to other supernatural entities, functioning much like the
cloud of mist that the gods surround themselves in to become undetectable.
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