Both Uses of
allay
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- And now, their thirst by copious draughts allay'd, The youthful hero and the Athenian maid Propose departure from the finish'd rite, And in their hollow bark to pass the night; But this hospitable sage denied, "Forbid it, Jove! and all the gods!†
Book 3 *
- When now the rage of hunger was allay'd, Thus to the lyrist wise Ulysses said: "O more than man! thy soul the muse inspires, Or Phoebus animates with all his fires; For who, by Phoebus uninform'd, could know The woe of Greece, and sing so well the woe?†
Book 8
Definition:
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(allay) reduce the intensity of; or calm