All 6 Uses of
impetuous
in
The Iliad
- Tlepolemos, the son of Herakles, had led nine ships from Rhodes: impetuous men, the Rhodians, in three regional divisions: Lindos, Ielysos, and bright Kameiros, serving under Tlepolemos, the spearman, whose mother, Astyokheia, had been taken by Herakles, who brought her from Ephyra out of the Selleeis river valley, where he had plundered many noble towns.†
Book 2
- Silent under his polished helmet, Hektor, dazzling and impetuous, passed on to drive the Argives back with general slaughter,
Book 5 *impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
- \ Even as she spoke, she elbowed Sthenelos aside and threw him, but gave him a quick hand-up from the ground, while she herself, impetuous for war, . mounted with Diomedes.†
Book 5
- As wild fig sap when dripped in liquid milk will curdle it as quickly as you stir it in, so quickly , Paieon healed impetuous Ares' wound.†
Book 5
- So chided by the old man, volunteers arose then, nine in all—first on his feet being Lord Marshal Agamemnon, second Diomedes, powerful son of Tydeus, and, joining these, those two who were called Aias, rugged impetuous men, and joining these Idomeneus and that lord's right-hand man, Merinones, the peer of the battle-god in butchery of war; along with these Eurypylos, Euaimon's handsome son, Thoas Andraimonides, and Odysseus.†
Book 7
- Most formidable son of Kronos, how impetuous!†
Book 14
Definition:
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(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence