Both Uses of
enjoin
in
The Odyssey by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- I was the son of Zeus Cronion, yet had I trouble beyond measure, for I was subdued unto a man far worse than I. And he enjoined on me hard adventures, yea and on a time he sent me hither to bring back the hound of hell; for he devised no harder task for me than this.†
Book 11
- So, when he had declared all that had been enjoined him, he went on his way to the swine and left the enclosure and the hall.†
Book 16 *
Definition:
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(enjoin as in: enjoined us to act) to urge or command someone to do something