Absalom

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Caitlin
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Absalom

• Explanation- In the Bible, is the third son of
  David, king of Israel. He was deemed the most
  beautiful man in the kingdom. Absalom went to war
  with his father David, youngest son of Abraham
  and he was killed.
• Historical/Cultural Context- Takes place in the
  old testament of the Bible in Israel.
• Connotations- Greedy, selfish

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Achilles

• Explanation- Was a Greek hero of the Trojan War.
  These legends state that Achilles was killed in
  battle by an arrow to the heel, and so an
  "Achilles heel" or Achilles' tendon has come to
  mean a person's principal weakness.
• Historical/ Culture Context- Greek mythology
• Connotation- Strength, Handsome, War,
  vulnerability

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Agamemnon

• Explanation- When Helen, the wife of Menelaus,
  was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon was the
  commander of the Achaeans in the ensuing Trojan
  War. Upon his return home, he was murdered by his
  wife Clytemnestra.
• Historical/ Cultural Context- Ancient Greece or
  Greek Mythology
• Connotation- Mean, Controlling, leader, Greedy

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Antigone

• Explanation- Antigone is the daughter of the
  accidentally incestuous marriage between King
  Oedipus of Thebes, and his mother Jocasta, thus,
  Antigone is also her father Oedipus's half-sister
  and, through her father, her mother Jocasta's
  granddaughter.
• Historical/Cultural Context- Greek Mythology
• Connotation- Family, West Virginia,

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Armageddon

• Explanation- Is the final battle between God and
  the forces of righteousness, and Satan, also
  known as the Devil.
• Historical/Cultural Context- Christian theology,
  In the Book of Revelation in the Christian New
  Testament.
• Connotation- Scary, God, Satan, The last day.

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Atalanta

• Explanation- Her father, Schoeneus or Iasius,
  wanted a son so badly that when Atalanta was
  born, he left her in the middle of the woods to
  die. Artemis sent a "she-bear" to suckle her and
  eventually a group of hunters raised her.
• Historical/Cultural Context- Greek Mythology
• Connotation- Love, hunter, fighter

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Atlas

• Explanation- Atlas was punished by Zeus and made
  to bear the weight of the world on his back. One
  of Heracles's labours was to collect the apples
  of the Hesperides. Heracles went to Atlas and
  reasoned with him. Eventually, Atlas agreed to
  collect the apples, and Heracles was left to
  carry the weight. Atlas tried to leave Heracles
  there, but Heracles tricked him and Atlas was
  left to carry the heavens forever
• Historical/Cultural Context- Greek Mythology
• Connotation- punishment, strength world