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| draft-board | civilian board that registers, classifies, and selects men for compulsory military service |
| primitive | very simple and basic : made or done in a way that is not modern and that does not show much skill |
| melancholy | an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression |
| Telemachus | a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey |
| epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation |
| rhapsodes | a person who recites epic poems, esp. one of a group in ancient Greece |
| Homeric | of or in the style of Homer or the epic poems ascribed to him |
| minstrel | a medieval singer or musician, esp. one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility |
| myths | a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events |
| alter-ego | a person's secondary or alternative personality |
