All 7 Uses of
banish
in
Oedipus King of Thebes (translated by: Murray)
- Apollo, the Pure, the Far-smiter; O Three that keep evil away, If of old for our city's desire, When the death-cloud hung close to her brow, Ye have banished the wound and the fire, Oh! come to us now!†
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- For Phoebus—thou hast heard withal His message—to our envoy hath decreed One only way of help in this great need: To find and smite with death or banishing, Him who smote Laius, our ancient King.†
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- To banish me is thy intent?†
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- Death is the doom I choose, not banishment.†
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- His word Is passed on me: 'tis banishment or death.†
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- Thebes now doth banish me, And never in this exile must I see Mine ancient folk of Corinth, never tread The land that bore me; else my mother's bed Shall be defiled, and Polybus, my good Father, who loved me well, be rolled in blood.†
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- And his intent Is set, to cast himself in banishment Out to the wild, not walk 'mid human breed Bearing the curse he bears.†
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Definition:
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(banish) to expel or get rid ofin various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind