Fagles Odyssey Books 1-4

Hendricks (United States of America)
These words and examples unless otherwise noted are from the 2006 edition of Robert Fagles' edition of The Odyssey.
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  1. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
    "When young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more...." (120.451-452).
  2. harangue
    address forcefully
    "Zeus harangued the mortal powers" (line 36)
  3. compound
    make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    .."they themselves, with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share" (78. 39-40)
  4. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
    "A staid housekeeper brought on bread to serve them,...." ( 82. 165)
  5. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
    "Look how my countrymen -- the suitors most of all,/the pernicious bullies--foil each move I make" (101. 298-299).
  6. wily
    marked by skill in deception
    Still, after 25 years, this wily veteran shows few signs of exhaustion. Seattle Times (Sep 4, 2013)
  7. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
    ...'we'd make amends in no time. We'd approach you for reparations around the town, demanding our goods till you'd returned the lot" (95. 81-83).
  8. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
    "So they scoffed/but Telemachus headed down to his father's storeroom...." (104.373-374).
  9. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
    "...suddenly Nestor's son impetuous Thrasymedes strode up close and struck...." (121.503-505).
  10. libation
    the act of pouring a liquid offering as a religious ceremony
    "They rose and flung/the victims'tongues on the fire and poured libations out" (118. 383-384).
  11. epic
    a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  12. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  13. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  14. decreed
    fixed or established especially by order or command
  15. brazen
    face with defiance or impudence
  16. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  17. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  18. bevy
    a large gathering of people of a particular type
  19. rout
    cause to flee
  20. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  21. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  22. wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily, or disruptively
  23. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  24. squadron
    a naval unit that is detached from the fleet
Created on Sun Sep 22 09:23:32 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Sep 29 08:56:53 EDT 2014)

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