All 8 Uses of
feud
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- Athene reconciles the feud, and the toils of Odysseus are accomplished.†
Book Intr.feud = a bitter, long-standing fight
- To whomso she shows favour, even if they be men, she ends their feuds.†
Book 7 *feuds = bitter, long-standing fights
- * And for the women she favours, she ends the feuds of their lords also.†
Book 7
- Or hast thou cause to blame thy brethren, in whose battle a man puts trust, even if a great feud arise?†
Book 16feud = a bitter, long-standing fight
- There is no grudge and hatred borne my by the whole people, neither have I cause to blame my brethren, in whose battle a man puts trust, even if a great feud arise.†
Book 16
- But, ye wooers, refrain your minds from rebukes and your hands from buffets, that no strife and feud may arise.'†
Book 20
- Thence was the feud begun between the Centaurs and mankind; but first for himself gat he hurt, being heavy with wine.†
Book 21
- For whoso has slain but one man in a land, even that one leaves not many behind him to take up the feud for him, turns outlaw and leaves his kindred and his own country; but we have slain the very stay of the city, the men who were far the best of all the noble youths in Ithaca.†
Book 23
Definition:
bitter hostile argument between two parties -- typically long-standing between families or tribes with occasional incidents of violence
Sometimes the term blood feud is used to reference a feud between families.