All 7 Uses of
fawn
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- Why stand ye thus
Like timid fawns, that in the chase run down,
Stand all bewildered, spiritless and tame?†Chpt 1.4 *fawns = shows excessive flattery or affection
- Helpless from fear, as fawns, he brought them forth;
Their hands secur'd behind them with the belts
Which o'er their shirts of twisted mail they wore,
And bade his comrades lead them to the ships.†Chpt 2.21
- Thus they from panic flight, like timorous fawns.†
Chpt 2.22
- He sent an eagle, noblest bird that flies,
Who in his talons bore a wild deer's fawn:
The fawn he dropp'd beside the holy shrine,
Where to the Lord of divination, Jove,
The Greeks were wont their solemn rites to pay.†Chpt 2.8
- He sent an eagle, noblest bird that flies,
Who in his talons bore a wild deer's fawn:
The fawn he dropp'd beside the holy shrine,
Where to the Lord of divination, Jove,
The Greeks were wont their solemn rites to pay.†Chpt 2.8
- Forth sprang Antilochus, as springs a hound
Upon a fawn, which from its lair disturb'd
A hunter's shaft has struck, and quell'd its pow'rs;†Chpt 2.15
- The swift Achilles press'd: as when a hound,
Through glen and tangled brake, pursues a fawn,
Rous'd from its lair upon the mountain side;
And if awhile it should evade pursuit,
Low crouching in the copse, yet quests he back,
Searching unwearied, till he find the trace;
So Hector sought to baffle, but in vain,
The keen pursuit of Peleus' active son.†Chpt 2.22
Definitions:
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(1)
(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
"Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.