All 4 Uses of
nurture
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- The rams of the flock were well nurtured and thick of fleece, great and goodly, with wool dark as the violet.†
Book 9 *nurtured = helped to develop or grow
- Nought feebler doth the earth nurture than man, of all the creatures that breathe and move upon the face of the earth.†
Book 18
- There he beheld all those that had been his companions, and his mother who bore him and nurtured him, while yet he was a little one.†
Book 23nurtured = helped to develop or grow
- And how he came to the isle Ogygia, and to the nymph Calypso, who kept him there in her hollow caves, longing to have him for her lord, and nurtured him and said that she would make him never to know death or age all his days: yet she never won his heart within his breast.†
Book 23
Definition:
help develop or grow
A particular sense of nurture is often contrasted with a particular sense of nature.
In the comparison, nurture refers to external influences on a person's development such as being loved, cared for, and taught. Nature in contrast refers to the inherent genetic influences on a person's development.
Studies of identical twins who grew up in different homes are used to better understand the influences of each.
In the comparison, nurture refers to external influences on a person's development such as being loved, cared for, and taught. Nature in contrast refers to the inherent genetic influences on a person's development.
Studies of identical twins who grew up in different homes are used to better understand the influences of each.