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ab·duc·tion
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eleusinian mysteries
a mystical religious festival, held in September at Eleusis in classical times, in which initiates celebrated Persephone, Demeter, and Dionysus -
gluteus medius
the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh. -
gluteus minimus
the innermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the abduction and rotation of the thigh. -
helen
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. -
pronation
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination). -
ravishment
rapture or ecstasy.