All 8 Uses of
guile
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- When you have done all this, or seen it done, it will be time to ponder concerning these contenders in your house- how you should kill them, outright or by guile.†
Chpt 1
- O goddess, what guile is hidden here?†
Chpt 5
- But this you ask about is quickly told: in mid-ocean lies Ogygia, the island haunt of Kalypso, Atlas' guileful daughter, a lovely goddess and a dangerous one.†
Chpt 7
- Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim.†
Chpt 9
- She answered briskly: "Whoever gets around you must be sharp and guileful as a snake; even a god might bow to you in ways of dissimulation.†
Chpt 13
- Then said that sly and guileful man, Odysseus:
Chpt 14 *guileful = cunning (shrewd, clever) and deceitful
- With guile Odysseus drew away, then said: "A pity that you have more looks than heart.†
Chpt 17
- Nobody, only guile, got you out of that cave alive.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(guile) cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful