Both Uses of
arbiter
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- Meantime arose Nine arbiters, appointed to intend The whole arrangement of the public games, To smooth the circus floor, and give the ring Its compass, widening the attentive throng.†
Book 8 *
- He gave me, furnish'd by a bullock slay'd In his ninth year, a bag; ev'ry rude blast Which from its bottom turns the Deep, that bag Imprison'd held; for him Saturnian Jove Hath officed arbiter of all the winds, To rouse their force or calm them, at his will.†
Book 10
Definition:
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(arbiter) someone who settles disputes -- often because of reputation
or:
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue