Both Uses
wreak
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- A plain man cannot stand against the anger of a king, who if he swallow his displeasure now, will yet nurse revenge till he has wreaked it.†
Book 1 *
- Then shall some braggart Trojan leap upon your tomb and say, 'Ever thus may Agamemnon wreak his vengeance; he brought his army in vain; he is gone home to his own land with empty ships, and has left Menelaus behind him.'†
Book 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(wreak) cause to happen -- especially something that is damaging and uncontrollable
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)