All 7 Uses of
beguile
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- When she marked the beautiful neck of the goddess, her lovely bosom, and sparkling eyes, she marvelled at her and said, "Goddess, why do you thus beguile me?†
Book 3
- Venus screamed aloud, and let her son fall, but Phoebus Apollo caught him in his arms, and hid him in a cloud of darkness, lest some Danaan should drive a spear into his breast and kill him; and Diomed shouted out as he left her, "Daughter of Jove, leave war and battle alone, can you not be contented with beguiling silly women?†
Book 5
- BOOK XIV Agamemnon proposes that the Achaeans should sail home, and is rebuked by Ulysses—Juno beguiles Jupiter—Hector is wounded.†
Book 14
- I have sent him into a sweet slumber, and Juno has beguiled him into going to bed with her.†
Book 14 *
- Time was when she fooled Jove himself, who they say is greatest whether of gods or men; for Juno, woman though she was, beguiled him on the day when Alcmena was to bring forth mighty Hercules in the fair city of Thebes.†
Book 19
- I blame none of the other dwellers on Olympus so severely as I do my dear mother, who has beguiled and tricked me.†
Book 21
- Apollo ran but a little way before him and beguiled Achilles by making him think all the time that he was on the point of overtaking him.†
Book 21
Definition:
-
(beguile) to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm