Both Uses of
craven
in
The Iliad by Homer (translated by: Lang, Leaf, & Myers)
- I care not, more than if a woman had struck me or a senseless boy, for feeble is the dart of a craven man and a worthless.†
Book 11 *
- But let Phoebus Apollo spur Hector on to the war, and breathe strength into him again, and make him forget his anguish, that now wears down his heart, and drive the Achaians back again, when he hath stirred in them craven fear.†
Book 15
Definition:
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(craven) exceedingly cowardly; or someone who is exceedingly cowardly