Both Uses of
amorous
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- "O man unpitying! if of man thy race; But sure thou spring'st not from a soft embrace, Nor ever amorous hero caused thy birth, Nor ever tender goddess brought thee forth: Some rugged rock's hard entrails gave thee form, And raging seas produced thee in a storm, A soul well suiting that tempestuous kind, So rough thy manners, so untamed thy mind.†
Book 16
- O snatch the moments yet within thy power; Not long to live, indulge the amorous hour!†
Book 24 *
Definition:
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(amorous) romantic or sexual