All 8 Uses of
delude
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- The general, who is deluded with the hopes of taking Troy without his assistance, but fears the army was discouraged by his absence and the late plague, as well as by length of time, contrives to make trial of their disposition by a stratagem.†
Chpt 1.1deluded = with a false belief; or convinced to have a false belief
- Thus as he mus'd, the wisest course appear'd
By a deluding vision to mislead
The son of Atreus; and with winged words
Thus to a phantom form he gave command:
"Hie thee, deluding Vision, to the camp
And ships of Greece, to Agamemnon's tent;
There, changing nought, as I command thee, speak.†Chpt 1.2deluding = deceiving (convincing to have a false belief)
- Thus as he mus'd, the wisest course appear'd
By a deluding vision to mislead
The son of Atreus; and with winged words
Thus to a phantom form he gave command:
"Hie thee, deluding Vision, to the camp
And ships of Greece, to Agamemnon's tent;
There, changing nought, as I command thee, speak.†Chpt 1.2
- Loud shouted brave Tydides, as she fled:
"Daughter of Jove, from battle-fields retire;
Enough for thee weak woman to delude;
If war thou seek'st, the lesson thou shalt learn
Shall cause thee shudder but to hear it nam'd."†Chpt 1.5delude = deceive (convince to have a false belief)
- what sov'reign e'er hast thou
So far deluded, of such glory robb'd?†Chpt 2.8 *deluded = with a false belief; or convinced to have a false belief
- Oft hath this matter been by Greeks discuss'd,
And I their frequent censure have incurr'd:
Yet was not I the cause; but Jove, and Fate,
And gloomy Erinnys, who combin'd to throw
A strong delusion o'er my mind, that day
I robb'd Achilles of his lawful prize.†Chpt 2.19delusion = a false belief
- Meanwhile Achilles
continues the slaughter, and drives the rest into Troy; Agenor only
makes a stand, and is conveyed away in a cloud by Apollo: who (to
delude Achilles) takes upon him Agenor's shape, and while he pursues
him in that disguise, gives the Trojans an opportunity of retiring into
their city.†Chpt 2.20delude = deceive (convince to have a false belief)
- She deludes Hector in the shape of Deiphobus; he stands the combat, and is slain.†
Chpt 2.21deludes = convinces to have a false belief