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2807948331ApocalypseThe revelation John experiences, of the victory of good over evil, and the end of times0
2807951097Birthplace of Jesus1
2807951098GorgonsMonstrous creatures covered with impenetrable scales, hair of living snakes, hands of brass, sharp fangs and a beard (protect the entrance to underworld).2
2807951482Guy FawkesConspirator; planned the "Gunpowder Plot" in 1605 against King James I3
2807952301Lamb of GodJesus Christ4
2807952726LazarusFollower of Jesus, who in the Gospel of John, who is restored back to life by Him 4 days after his death.5
2807954713Lethe RiverIn Orphism - ancient Greek religious movement - the newly dead who drank from this river would lose their memory of past existence (opposite of Mnemosyne); personification of oblivion6
2807955611Lord's PrayerPrayer taught by Jesus to his disciplines; "deliver us from evil...lead us not into temptation."7
2807956036Noah and the floodGod's plans to restore Earth to pre-creation chaos by flooding Earth; He sough to remake it through Noah's ark.8
2807957044Odysseus/Ulysses/Trojan Horse/TelemachusGreek hero who ruled Ithaca; tactician during the Trojan War (planned the construction of the Trojan horse); Telemachus=son of Odysseus9
2807958183PhilistineHostile to arts and refinement; warred with Israelites over land10
2807958729Prodigal sonNew Testament parable of two sons; father splits estate between them, one leaves and wastes the money, the other works the fields. The younger son returns to his Father, begging forgiveness.11
2807961937Psalm 23:4"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me."12
2807963158TempestShakespearean play; set on a remote island, where Prospero, Duke of Milan, seeks to restore daughter to power using tradecraft. Contrives a storm to bring his brother Antonio and King Alonso to the island; brings Antonio to understand his baseness, redeems the King, and marries Miranda to Ferdinand (son of Alonso).13
2807966343TroyCity at the epicenter of the Trojan Wars, instigated after Paris took Helen from King of Sparta, Menelaus.14

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