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Re-read the guards forst description of Polyneices burial below noting the personification in the line: “Someone had buried it and disappeared after spreading thirsty dust onto the flesh and undertaking all appropriate rites” (lines 286-288) What does the ‘thirsty dust’ personification mean

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the first time you saw me was in a relationship and you didn’t
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