All 7 Uses of
propitious
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- If, fired to vengeance at thy priest's request, Thy direful darts inflict the raging pest: Once more attend! avert the wasteful woe, And smile propitious, and unbend thy bow."†
Book 1
- The third day hence shall Pthia greet our sails,(208) If mighty Neptune send propitious gales; Pthia to her Achilles shall restore The wealth he left for this detested shore: Thither the spoils of this long war shall pass, The ruddy gold, the steel, and shining brass: My beauteous captives thither I'll convey, And all that rests of my unravish'd prey.†
Book 9
- Behold! thy Phoebus shall his arms employ, Phoebus, propitious still to thee and Troy.†
Book 15 *
- The astonish'd archer to great Ajax cries; "Some god prevents our destined enterprise: Some god, propitious to the Trojan foe, Has, from my arm unfailing, struck the bow, And broke the nerve my hands had twined with art, Strong to impel the flight of many a dart."†
Book 15
- My martial troops, my treasures are thy own: This instant from the navy shall be sent Whate'er Ulysses promised at thy tent: But thou! appeased, propitious to our prayer, Resume thy arms, and shine again in war."†
Book 19
- Behold! from Jove descending to thy aid, Propitious Neptune, and the blue-eyed maid.†
Book 21
- No refuge now, no succour from above, Great Jove deserts me, and the son of Jove, Propitious once, and kind!†
Book 22
Definition:
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(propitious) favorable (circumstances suggesting good things to come)