8853653421 | Narcissus | Greek mythology; fell in love with his own reflection | 0 | |
8853663770 | K | A street in Washington, DC where many lobbyists have offices | 1 | |
8853670887 | Sisyphus | Greek mythology; punished by having to roll stone up a hill; often a symbol of frustration or never-ending job | 2 | |
8853677988 | Persephone | Greek mythology; kidnapped by Hades; mom was Demeter; Because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds, she must spend 6 months of year with Hades in Underworld | 3 | |
8853687162 | Tantalus | Greek mythology; tried to feed son to gods; punished by having food/water just out of reach | 4 | |
8853696030 | Cold War | Term used to mean "deep-seated ill will"; refers to state of political hostility between US and USSR from 1945-1990 | 5 | |
8853708110 | Pandora | Received gift from Hermes; when she opened the the gift, all the evil of the world escaped | 6 | |
8853720485 | apple | From the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; has come to represent temptation or man's desire to be God | 7 | |
8853733727 | Garden of Eden | Place that has come to mean "perfection" OR fruit that is called "the forbidden fruit" and has come to mean temptation or unlawful pleasure | 8 | |
8853738745 | Faustus | Character in a play written by Christopher Marlowe who was tempted by Mephistopheles to sell his soul to Satan in exchange for "everything he wanted" | 9 | |
8853754337 | Job | Rich, pious and upright man; Satan said he was only faithful because he had been given so much; he was tested---he lost everything, yet remained faithful. Some think Chaunticleer (in BofDC) shared similar paths. | 10 | |
8853762335 | Pandora | Greek mythology; box given by Hermes as a wedding gift; she was told not to open the gift, but she did, thus letting out all the evils of the world except one; humans still have hope because foreboding was trapped inside the gift | 11 | |
8853768389 | references/ resources | JewishEncyclopedia.com, Bartlby.com, CatholicEncyclopedia.com | 12 |
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