Both Uses of
allure
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- If he be detained from his return by the allurements of Calypso, so is AEneas by Dido, and Rinaldo by Armida.†
Book Pref.allurements = tempting or attracting qualities
- to tell How this mischance the Cyprian queen befell, As late she tried with passion to inflame The tender bosom of a Grecian dame; Allured the fair, with moving thoughts of joy, To quit her country for some youth of Troy; The clasping zone, with golden buckles bound, Razed her soft hand with this lamented wound.†
Book 5 *
Definition:
to tempt or attract