Both Uses of
distraught
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- She went on her way to the house of divine Odysseus; and there she shed sweet sleep upon the wooers and made them distraught in their drinking, and cast the cups from their hands.†
Book 2 *distraught = extremely distressed
- Then wise Penelope answered her: 'Dear nurse, the gods have made thee distraught, the gods that can make foolish even the wisdom of the wise, and that stablish the simple in understanding.†
Book 23
Definition:
extremely distressed--typically with worry or grief that interferes with clear thinking