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Which poem(s) fill in the gaps left by the Iliad and Odyssey?
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Cyclic poems
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Hesiod Works & Days
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Aeneid
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Hesiod Theogony
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In the "myth of ages," each age is worse than the previous, except the age of ...
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Bronze
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Silver
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Heroes
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Iron
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Mycenaean buildings described as "tholos" or "beehive" served what function?
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Fortification
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Barns
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Housing
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Tombs
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The Greek alphabet developed from ...
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Phoenician alphabet
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Latin alphabet
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Linear B
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The word "Panhellenic" describes things which are ...
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Which of the following is part of a proper welcome for a stranger in the context of the Odyssey?
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Invite the stranger for sex
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Find out who the stranger is before anything else
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Offer food before inquiring about the stranger
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Make the stranger forget his home
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Which of these are common finds in neolithic sites in Greece and Asia Minor?
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Ivory horns
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Bronze weapons
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Female figurines
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Iron rings
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The Mycenaeans used which form of writing?
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Linear A
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Linear B
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Phoenician alphabet
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Greek alphabet
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What is an acropolis?
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The “tyrant” in archaic Greece was always seen as an oppressive and cruel figure.
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The Eleusinian Mysteries were dedicated to:
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Athena
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Demeter and Persephone
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Drinking
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Asclepius
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Which event was the immediate cause of the Persian invasions?
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What is the main service provided at the sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus?
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healing
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theatrical performance
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snake worship
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prophecy
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Which of the following is not true of the Olympian gods?
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Their cults are often sponsored by the city
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They are associated with important aspects of human life
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They include the goddess Athena
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They are secret and obscure
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How did the Greeks of archaic and classical times try to understand the remains of Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations?
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Interpretation according to mythology
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The Greeks were not curious about the remains
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Archaeological excavation
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There were no remains
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According to Hesiod, the successive revolutions in heaven led to the rule of the following gods in order:
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Who was the founder and first Great King of the Achaemenid Persian empire?
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Cambyses II
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Xerxes
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Cyrus the Great
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Darius the Great
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More than half of the Odyssey narrates the adventures of Odysseus as he struggles to return home.
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All the Greek city states were united in resisting the Persian invasions.
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Which of the following years falls within the Archaic period?
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300 BCE
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600 BCE
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1,500 BCE
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30 CE
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What kind of constitution did Solon put in place in 594?
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aristocratic oligarchy
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democracy
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monarchy
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plutocracy
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The Greek language is part of which language family?
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Indo-European
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Italic
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Semitic
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Germanic
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What kind of large-scale building is associated with Minoan society?
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palaces
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castles
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schools
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pyramids
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What was the reason for the Greek expedition to Troy?
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Religious expansion
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Trojans declared war
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Imperialism
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Abduction of Helen
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Heinrich Schliemann was correct in identifying the treasures he found at the site of Troy as “Priam’s treasure” and the “Jewels of Helen.”
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Whose death made Achilles re-enter battle in order to seek revenge?
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Helen
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Hector
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Patroclus
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Agamemnon
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Which of the following battles did the Persians win?
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Plataea
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Marathon
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Salamis
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Thermopylae
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In the context of the sanctuary of Asclepius, what is meant by “incubation”?
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Sacrifice of lard cubes
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Breeding sacred snakes
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Sleeping for healing
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Ritual prostitution
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What kind of government did Athens have just before the reforms of Solon?
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aristocratic oligarchy
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monarchy
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plutocracy
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democracy
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Which of the following contributed to the instability of early Athenian constitution?
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Gender inequality
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Debt slavery
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Commercial wealth
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2 of the above
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Which of the following is an example of the principle of contagion in magical rituals?
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melting wax in order that the target melts with love
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burning part of a cloak that belongs to the target
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kidnapping the target and beating him with a cane
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sacrificing a piglet to dark divinities
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Common sacrifice victims include cattle, sheep, and criminals.
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Which of the following is the smallest unit?
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Which of the following is not a category of trittys in Cleisthenes' reforms?
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Coast (paralia)
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Island (nesos)
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City (asty)
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Inland (mesogaia)
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In Aristophanes' Frogs, Dionysus goes into the underworld for what purpose?
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Perform a sacrifice to Hades
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Remove infestation of frogs
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Bring back a tragic poet
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Have a drink with Heracles
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Aristophanic "old comedy" are romances which most resemble sit coms.
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In which city is Sophocles' Oedipus the King set?
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Sparta
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Thebes
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Corinth
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Athens
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Which emotions does Aristotle think a good tragedy ought to produce?
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Which statue represents the Archaic period?
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How many members of the council (Boule) does each tribe contribute?
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Which of the following is one of the Athenian commanders of the Sicilian expedition?
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Nicias
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PEricles
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Alexander
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Brasidas
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Alcibiades was a loyal Athenian general who put the good of Athens above his personal interests.
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Why did the Athenians vote to execute their generals after the Battle of Arginusae (406)?
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They did not have permission to engage
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Failure to recover bodies/survivors
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Losing the battle
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Conspiracy with the enemy
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The Persians remained neutral throughout the Peloponnesian War and only waited for both sides to wear each other out.
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Which city was destroyed by Alexander shortly after he came to the Macedonian throne?
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Corinth
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Athens
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Thebes
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Sparta
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In the Battle of Gaugamela, what was Alexander's main goal?
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Kill as many Persian levies as possible
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Hold out until reinforcements arrive
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Kill or rout Darius
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Avoid fighting personally
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Which of the following is an important Hellenistic poet?
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Hesiod
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Euripides
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Aristophanes
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Callimachus
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Which best describes how Polyphemus is depicted in Theocritus' Idyll 11?
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Which of the following is one of the parents of the Muses?
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Mnemosyne (memory)
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Eros (love)
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Apollo
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Leda
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Heraclitus proposed a vision of existence as always changing and in flux.
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What existed at the beginning of Hesiod's account of the origin of the cosmos in the Theogony?
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Plato learned philosophy from the writings of Socrates.
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The sophists were most closely associated with which field?
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History
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MEdicine
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Rhetoric
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Physics
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Which of the following is most real and true for Plato?
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painting of table
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Form of table
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chairs
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table
Frage 55
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What is Socratic ignorance?
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not knowing what you know
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knowing nothing
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knowing that you know nothing
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knowing that other people know nothing
Frage 56
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According to the Hippocratic theory of humours, which humour is most compatible with winter?
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blood
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black bile
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yellow bile
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phlegm