Both Uses of
aloof
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Two sounding darts the Lycian leader threw: The first aloof with erring fury flew, The next transpierced Achilles' mortal steed, The generous Pedasus of Theban breed: Fix'd in the shoulder's joint, he reel'd around, Roll'd in the bloody dust, and paw'd the slippery ground.†
Book 16 *aloof = socially distant or uninterested
- Not fiercer rush along the gloomy wood, With rage insatiate, and with thirst of blood, Voracious hounds, that many a length before Their furious hunters, drive the wounded boar; But if the savage turns his glaring eye, They howl aloof, and round the forest fly.†
Book 17
Definition:
socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others