All 22 Uses of
compel
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- She said: the Cloud-compeller answer'd not, But silent sat; then Thetis clasp'd his knees, And hung about him, and her suit renew'd: "Give me thy promise sure, thy gracious nod, Or else refuse (for thou hast none to fear), That I may learn, of all th' immortal Gods, How far I stand the lowest in thine eyes."†
Chpt 1.1
- Then, much disturb'd, the Cloud-compeller spoke: "Sad work thou mak'st, in bidding me oppose My will to Juno's, when her bitter words Assail me; for full oft amid the Gods She taunts me, that I aid the Trojan cause.†
Chpt 1.1
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Presumptuous, to thy busy thoughts thou giv'st Too free a range, and watchest all I do; Yet shalt thou not prevail, but rather thus Be alien'd from my heart—the worse for thee!†
Chpt 1.1
- To whom, in wrath, the Cloud-compeller thus: "Revengeful! how have Priam and his sons So deeply injur'd thee, that thus thou seek'st With unabated anger to pursue, Till thou o'erthrow, the strong-built walls of Troy?†
Chpt 1.4
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Go, send against him Pallas; she, I know, Hath oft inflicted on him grievous pain.†
Chpt 1.5
- Whom answer'd thus the Cloud-compeller, Jove, With look indignant: "Come no more to me, Thou wav'ring turncoat, with thy whining pray'rs: Of all the Gods who on Olympus dwell I hate thee most; for thou delight'st in nought But strife and war; thou hast inherited Thy mother, Juno's, proud, unbending mood, Whom I can scarce control; and thou, methinks, To her suggestions ow'st thy present plight.†
Chpt 1.5
- To whom in wrath the Cloud-compeller thus: "Neptune, Earth-shaking King, what words are these?†
Chpt 1.7
- To whom the Cloud-compeller, smiling, thus: "Be of good cheer, my child; unwillingly I speak, yet will not thwart thee of thy wish."†
Chpt 2.8 *
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Yet greater slaughter, stag-ey'd Queen of Heav'n, To-morrow shalt thou see, if so thou list, Wrought on the warrior Greeks by Saturn's son; For Hector's proud career shall not be check'd Until the wrath of Peleus' godlike son Beside the ships be kindled, in the day When round Patroclus' corpse, in narrow space, E'en by the vessels' sterns, the war shall rage.†
Chpt 2.8
- Among the Trojans day by day I move; 'tis not my wont; old warrior though I be, To lag behind; but horses such as these I never saw; some God hath giv'n them, sure; For Jove, the Cloud-compeller, loves you both, And Pallas, child of aegis-bearing Jove."†
Chpt 2.10
- Whom answer'd thus the valiant Diomed: "Beside thee will I stand, and still endure; But brief will be the term of our success, Since Jove, the Cloud-compeller, not to us, But to the Trojans, wills the victory."†
Chpt 2.11
- Juno meanwhile to Ida's summit sped, To Gargarus; the Cloud-compeller saw; He saw, and sudden passion fir'd his soul, As when, their parents' eyes eluding, first They tasted of the secret joys of love.†
Chpt 2.14
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Juno, thy visit yet awhile defer; And let us now in love's delights indulge: For never yet did such a flood of love For Goddess or for mortal fill my soul; Not for Ixion's beauteous wife, who bore Pirithous, sage in council as the Gods; Nor the neat-footed maiden Danae, Acrisius' daughter, her who Perseus bore, Th' observ'd of all; nor noble Phoenix' child, Who bore me Minos, and the godlike might Of Rhadamanthus; nor for Semele, Nor for…†
Chpt 2.14
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Juno, nor fear the eye of God or man; For all around us I will throw such veil Of golden cloud, that not the sun himself With sharpest beam of light may pierce it through."†
Chpt 2.14
- Th' Earth-shaker said, and from the field withdrew Beneath the ocean wave, the warrior Greeks His loss deploring; to Apollo then The Cloud-compeller thus his speech address'd: "Go straight to Hector of the brazen helm, Good Phoebus; for beneath the ocean wave Th' Earth-shaker hath withdrawn, escaping thus My high displeasure; had he dar'd resist, The tumult of our strife had reach'd the Gods Who in the nether realms with Saturn dwell.†
Chpt 2.15
- Yet thus 'tis better, both for me and him, That, though indignant, to my will he yields; For to compel him were no easy task.†
Chpt 2.15
- To Phoebus then the Cloud-compeller thus: "Hie thee, good Phoebus, from amid the spears Withdraw Sarpedon, and from all his wounds Cleanse the dark gore; then bear him far away, And lave his body in the flowing stream; Then with divine ambrosia all his limbs Anointing, clothe him in immortal robes.†
Chpt 2.16
- Him when apart the Cloud-compeller saw Girt with the arms of Peleus' godlike son, He shook his head, and inly thus he mus'd: "Ah hapless! little deem'st thou of thy fate, Though now so nigh!†
Chpt 2.17
- They, at the Cloud-compeller's house arriv'd, Within the polish'd corridor reclin'd, Which Vulcan's cunning hand for Jove had built.†
Chpt 2.20
- To whom the Cloud-compeller, answ'ring, thus: "The purpose, Neptune, well thou know'st thyself For which I call'd ye; true, they needs must die, But still they claim my care; yet here will I Upon Olympus' lofty ridge remain, And view, serene, the combat; you, the rest, Go, as you list, to Trojans or to Greeks, And at your pleasure either party aid.†
Chpt 2.20
- To whom the Cloud-compeller thus replied: "Be of good cheer, my child! unwillingly I speak, yet both thy wishes to oppose: Have then thy will, and draw not back thy hand."†
Chpt 2.22
- To whom the Cloud-compeller answer'd thus: "Juno, restrain thy wrath; they shall not both Attain like honour; yet was Hector once, Of all the mortals that in Ilium dwell, Dearest to all the Gods, and chief to me; For never did he fail his gifts to bring.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
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(compel) to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something