Both Uses of
penury
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- No want Of raiment, therefore, or of aught beside 620 Needful to solace penury like thine, Shall harm thee here; yet, at the peep of dawn Gird thy own tatters to thy loins again; For we have no great store of cloaks to boast, Or change of vests, but singly one for each.†
Book 14 *
- 600 A stranger hath arrived who, begging, roams The house, (for so his penury enjoins) The rest have giv'n him, and have fill'd his bag With viands, but Antinoues hath bruised His shoulder with a foot-stool hurl'd at him.†
Book 17
Definition:
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(penury) a state of extreme poverty or destitution