Chapter VIII
Nisus and Scylla. Echo and Narcissus. Clytie. Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara. Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter.
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Chapter VIII
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Nisus
and
Scylla.
Echo
and
Narcissus.
Clytie.
Hero
and
Leander
Minos,
king
of
Crete,
made
war
upon
Megara.
Nisus
was
king
of
Megara,
and
Scylla
was
his
daughter.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Nisus
and
Scylla.
Line 2
Echo
and
Narcissus.
Line 3
Clytie.
Line 4
Hero
and
Leander
Minos,
king
of
Crete,
made
war
upon
Megara.
Line 5
Nisus
was
king
of
Megara,
and
Scylla
was
his
daughter.
Learner Dictionary
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scylla
noun
US /ˈsɪlə/
(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
From this reading “Nisus and Scylla.”
Collocations
Nisus andA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
and ScyllaA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nisus and Scylla.
Clytie
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From this reading Clytie.
Crete
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daughter
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Echo
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From this reading Echo and Narcissus.
Hero
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From this reading Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter.
king
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Leander
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made
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Megara
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Minos
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From this reading Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara.
Narcissus
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From this reading Echo and Narcissus.
Nisus
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From this reading Nisus and Scylla.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara.
ScyllanounUS /ˈsɪlə/
(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
From this reading Nisus and Scylla.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara.
war
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From this reading Hero and Leander Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter.