Both Uses of
lissome
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
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Then, by the bath restor'd, and all their limbs
Anointed freely with the lissom oil,
Sat down to breakfast;†Chpt 2.10
- Around the bellying tripod rose the flames,
Heating the bath; within the glitt'ring brass
Soon as the water boil'd, they wash'd the corpse,
With lissom oils anointing, and the wounds
With fragrant ointments fill'd, of nine years old;
Then in fine linen they the body wrapp'd
From head to feet, and laid it on a couch.†Chpt 2.18 *
Definition:
thin and moving and bending with ease; or quick and graceful in movement