All 5 Uses of
afflict
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- he, filled with wrath
Against the King, with deadly pestilence
The camp afflicted,—and the people died,—For Chryses' sake, his priest, whom Atreus' son
With scorn dismiss'd, when to the Grecian ships
He came, his captive daughter to redeem,
With costly ransom charg'd;†Chpt 1.1afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- It hath not pleas'd high-thron'd Saturnian Jove
To ratify our truce, who both afflicts
With labours hard, till either ye shall take
Our well-fenc'd city, or yourselves to us
Succumb beside your ocean-going ships.†Chpt 1.7 *afflicts = causes suffering
- Of prophecy I reck not, though I know;
Nor message hath my mother brought from Jove;
But it afflicts my soul; when one I see
That basely robs his equal of his prize,
His lawful prize, by highest valour won;
Such grief is mine, such wrong have I sustain'd.†Chpt 2.16
- that never, or to love unchaste
Soliciting, or otherwise, my hand
Hath fair Briseis touch'd; but in my tent
Still pure and undefil'd hath she remain'd:
And if in this I be forsworn, may Heav'n
With all the plagues afflict me, due to those
Who sin by perjur'd oaths against the Gods.†Chpt 2.19afflict = cause suffering
- or is it not enough
That Jove with deep affliction visits me,
Slaying my bravest son?†Chpt 2.24affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
Definition:
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure