The myth of Dionysus’ drunken revenge - Iseult Gillespie
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DownloadAcoetes of Maeonia was in too deep.
He’d been roped into serving as the navigator for a band of pirates;
an unpredictable position that had him worried for his life.
And now the pirates had kidnapped a sleeping youth.
As they laid their victim’s body on the ship,
Acoetes felt the pit in his stomach deepen even further.
The pirates hadn't noticed, but their new captive was a slumbering god.
Acoetes tried to warn his shipmates,
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Key Vocabulary (21)
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"The island is important."
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"The soon is important."
Grammar in This Video
"welcoming him to the god’s inner circle."
"The pirates prepared to fight, but it was too late."
"the sea grew thick and muddy."
"Semele had died before Dionysus was born."
"Semele had died before Dionysus was born, leaving Zeus, the god’s father, to car..."
"Watching his captors meet this strange fate, Acoetes didn’t know whether to laug..."
"Watching his captors meet this strange fate, Acoetes didn’t know whether to laug..."
"Fully in the god’s thrall, the sailor would have happily partied his life away."
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