All 14 Uses of
attain
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- May the Gods give thee to behold again Thy wife, and to attain thy native shore, Whence absent long, thou hast so much endured!†
Book 8 *attain = gain or reach something with effort
- And now, all danger pass'd, I had attain'd 90 My native shore, but, doubling in my course Malea, waves and currents and North-winds Constrain'd me devious to Cythera's isle.†
Book 9attain'd = gained or reached something with effort
- Attaining soon that neighbour-land, we found At its extremity, fast by the sea, A cavern, lofty, and dark-brow'd above With laurels; in that cavern slumb'ring lay Much cattle, sheep and goats, and a broad court Enclosed it, fenced with stones from quarries hewn, 210 With spiry firs, and oaks of ample bough.†
Book 9attaining = gaining or reaching something with effort
- At length, however, after num'rous woes Endur'd, thou may'st attain thy native isle, If thy own appetite thou wilt controul And theirs who follow thee, what time thy bark Well-built, shall at Thrinacia's shore arrive,[41] Escaped from perils of the gloomy Deep.†
Book 11attain = gain or reach something with effort
- Then, soon as thou attain'st the nearest shore Of Ithaca, dispatching to the town Thy bark with all thy people, seek at once The swine-herd; for Eumaeus is thy friend.†
Book 15
- But soon as our delightful prime we both Attain'd, to Samos her they sent, a bride, And were requited with rich dow'r; but me Cloath'd handsomely with tunic and with vest, And with fair sandals furnish'd, to the field She order'd forth, yet loved me still the more.†
Book 15attain'd = gained or reached something with effort
- Then, as Telemachus had bidden them, Son of divine Ulysses, casting loose 670 The hawsers, forth they push'd into the Deep And sought the city, while with nimble pace Proceeding thence, Telemachus attain'd The cottage soon where good Eumaeus slept, The swine-herd, faithful to his num'rous charge.†
Book 15
- But when, slow-travelling the craggy way, They now approach'd the town, and had attain'd The marble fountain deep, which with its streams Pellucid all the citizens supplied, (Ithacus had that fountain framed of old With Neritus and Polyctor, over which A grove of water-nourish'd alders hung 250 Circular on all sides, while cold the rill Ran from the rock, on whose tall summit stood The altar of the nymphs, by all who pass'd With sacrifice frequented, still, and pray'r) Melantheus, son of Dolius, at that fount Met them; the chosen goats of ev'ry flock, With two assistants, from the field he drove, The suitors' supper.†
Book 17
- And he is now bearded, and hath attained That age which thou wast wont with warmest pray'r To implore the Gods that he might live to see.†
Book 18
- The storm his barks Bore into the Amnisus, for the cave Of Ilythia known, a dang'rous port, And which with difficulty he attain'd.†
Book 19
- Ulysses, therefore, had attained long since His native shore, but that he deem'd it best To travel far, that he might still amass More wealth; so much Ulysses all mankind Excels in policy, and hath no peer.†
Book 19
- Arrived at the Parnassian mount, they climb'd His bushy sides, and to his airy heights Ere long attain'd.†
Book 19
- My love; we have not yet attain'd the close Of all our sufferings, but unmeasured toil Arduous remains, which I must still atchieve.†
Book 23
- thou hast in truth attain'd the isle Of thy enquiry, but it is possess'd By a rude race, and lawless.†
Book 24
Definition:
to gain or reach something with effort