Both Uses of
obdurate
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- 110 My mother! ah my hapless and my most Obdurate mother! wherefore thus aloof Shunn'st thou my father, neither at his side Sitting affectionate, nor utt'ring word?†
Book 23
- Penelope! the Gods to thee have giv'n Of all thy sex, the most obdurate heart.†
Book 23 *
Definition:
-
(obdurate) stubbornly persistent -- especially in wrongdoing
or more rarely (except in classic literature):
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings