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cataclysm

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violent upheaval, disaster

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catastrophe

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sudden disaster

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catholic

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relating to all people. holos- whole, cat- completely involving everybody

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epithet

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descriptive word or phrase describing a person- Richard the Lion heart

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epigraphy

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study of ancient inscriptions

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parameter

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limit or boundary

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paradox

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a statement that seems to be contradictory but is true: less is more

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hermaphrodite

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son of Hermes and Aphrodite- very handsome man who drank water from a fountain that was looked after by nymphs- one fell in love with him and begged to be put with him- so the gods physically put them together

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misandrist

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hater of men

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android

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resembling a man

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anthropomorphic

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god, animals or objects in the shape of human

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anthropophagi

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cannibals

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misanthrope

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someone who distrusts or dislikes men

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bigamy

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crime of marrying a person while still being legally married to someone else

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polygyny

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married to more than one wife

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polyandry

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married to more than one husband

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endogamy

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marrying within one’s tribe

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geometry

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in ancient rome used trays of sand at school- Achimedes was killed by a soldier because he was drawing in the sand and refused to stop.

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theogony

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origin and descent of the gods

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panthean

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all the gods, collection of important people

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hierocracy

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rule by the sacred

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hagiology

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the study of the lives and legends of saints

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hagiography

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the writings of the lives and legends of saints