All 3 Uses of
antiquity
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- This adventure, like the story of the Cyclops, is a fairy tale of great antiquity.†
Book Intr. *
- He and his friends set forth, escaped the Sirens (a sort of mermaidens), evaded the Clashing Rocks, which close on ships (a fable known to the Aztecs), passed Scylla (the pieuvre of antiquity) with loss of some of the company, and reached Thrinacia, the Isle of the Sun.†
Book Intr.
- * We omit line 101, which spoils the sense of the passage, and was rejected by antiquity.†
Book 16
Definition:
ancient times; or a relic of ancient times
(Typically references a period preceding the European Middle Ages which began during the 5th century AD.)
(Typically references a period preceding the European Middle Ages which began during the 5th century AD.)