Both Uses of
recumbent
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Arrived, with wild tumultuous noise they sate, Recumbent on the shining thrones of state.†
Book 16 *
- Observant of his voice, Eumaeus sate And fed recumbent on a chair of state.†
Book 17
Definition:
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(recumbent) lying down; or horizontal