All 4 Uses of
kindred
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Not so his loss the fierce Achilles bore; But sad, retiring to the sounding shore, O'er the wild margin of the deep he hung, That kindred deep from whence his mother sprung:(61) There bathed in tears of anger and disdain, Thus loud lamented to the stormy main: "O parent goddess!†
Book 1
- See on the plain thy Grecian spouse appears, The friends and kindred of thy former years.†
Book 3
- my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall, Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share: Oh, prove a husband's and a father's care!†
Book 6 *
- In rush the conquering Greeks to spoil the slain: But Hector's voice excites his kindred train; The hero most, from Hicetaon sprung, Fierce Melanippus, gallant, brave, and young.†
Book 15
Definition:
similar in quality or character
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin