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Definition
regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration — sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- "Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove."Book 1 (5% in)
- They stood fearfully and reverently before him, and never a word did they speak, but he knew them and said, "Welcome, heralds, messengers of gods and men; draw near; my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who has sent you for the girl Briseis.Book 1 (54% in)
- Therefore, Achilles, give these daughters of Jove due reverence, and bow before them as all good men will bow.Book 9 (73% in)
There are no more uses of "revere" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler).
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