Both Uses of
bereft
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- Like a lioness caught in the toils with huntsmen hemming her in on every side she thought and thought till she sank into a slumber, and lay on her bed bereft of thought and motion.†
Book 4 *bereft = not having something, or greatly saddened by the loss of something
- When the wine had got into his head, he went mad and did ill deeds about the house of Peirithous; this angered the heroes who were there assembled, so they rushed at him and cut off his ears and nostrils; then they dragged him through the doorway out of the house, so he went away crazed, and bore the burden of his crime, bereft of understanding.†
Book 21