All 5 Uses of
assuage
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Soon shall the fair the sable ship ascend, And some deputed prince the charge attend: This Creta's king, or Ajax shall fulfil, Or wise Ulysses see perform'd our will; Or, if our royal pleasure shall ordain, Achilles' self conduct her o'er the main; Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage.†
Book 1assuage = soothe
- E'en hell's grim king Alcides' power confess'd, The shaft found entrance in his iron breast; To Jove's high palace for a cure he fled, Pierced in his own dominions of the dead; Where Paeon, sprinkling heavenly balm around, Assuaged the glowing pangs, and closed the wound.†
Book 5assuaged = soothed
- What power divine shall Hector's wrath assuage?†
Book 8 *assuage = soothe
- Fain would my heart, which err'd through frantic rage, The wrathful chief and angry gods assuage.†
Book 9
- These words the hero's angry mind assuage: Then fierce they mingle where the thickest rage.†
Book 13
Definition:
to soothe (make something less unpleasant or frightening)