Both Uses of
wrest
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- Never may that man come, who shall wrest from thee thy substance violently in thine own despite while Ithaca yet stands.†
Book 1 *
- So they wished to destroy thy father and wrest from him his dear life, and utterly to devour all his great and abundant livelihood; but Odysseus stayed and withheld them, for all their desire.†
Book 16
Definition:
obtain with difficult effort or force