All 15 Uses of
approach
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- She came, then, down the long stairs of her house, this beautiful lady, with two maids in train attending her as she approached the suitors; and near a pillar of the roof she paused, her shining veil drawn over across her cheeks, the two girls close to her and still, and through her tears spoke to the noble minstrel: "Phemios, other spells you know, high deeds of gods and heroes, as the poets tell them; let these men hear some other; let them sit silent and drink their wine."
Chpt 1 (definition 1)approached = moved toward
- BOOK III -- THE LORD OF THE WESTERN APPROACHES
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *approaches = routes that lead to a particular place
- But clear-headed Telemakhos replied: "Mentor, how can I do it, how approach him? I have no practice in elaborate speeches, and for a young man to interrogate an old man seems disrespectful-"
Chpt 3 (definition 3) *approach = begin communication with
- So Nestor held his throne and scepter now, lord of the western approaches to Akhaia.
Chpt 3 (definition 2)approaches = roads leading
- But near the town-well, there's a wall with towers around the Isle, and beautiful ship basins right and left of the causeway of approach; seagoing craft are beached beside the road each on its launching ways.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- Once you approached her, you became her charge.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- She waved her hand, showing her father's lodge, so they approached it.
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *approached = moved toward
- But now the god that shakes the islands, brooding over old threats of his against Odysseus, approached Lord Zeus to learn his will.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Approaching Pylos Height at that day's end, Telemakhos appealed to the son of Nestor: "Could you, I wonder, do a thing I'll tell you, supposing you agree?†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- His son it was, Theoklymenos, who came upon Telemakhos as he poured out the red wine in the sand near his trim ship, with prayer to Athena; and he called out, approaching: "Friend, well met here at libation before going to sea.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- Into the hall that lovely lady came, with maids attending, and approached the suitors, till near a pillar of the well-wrought roof she paused, her shining veil across her cheeks, and spoke directly to Antinoos: "Infatuate, steeped in evil!†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- At fall of dusk Odysseus and his son heard the approach of the good forester.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)approach = getting near
- "Friend," he said, "Telemakhos is pleased to give you these, but he commands you to approach the suitors; you may ask all you want from them.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- Now he himself, the shrewd and kingly man, approached and told them: "Housemaids of Odysseus, your master so long absent in the world, go to the women's chambers, to your queen.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Thus in her beauty she approached the suitors, and near a pillar of the solid roof she paused, her shining veil across her cheeks, her maids on either hand and still, then spoke to the banqueters: "My lords, hear me: suitors indeed, you commandeered this house to feast and drink in, day and night, my husband being long gone, long out of mind.†
Chpt 21 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(2) (approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
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(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic