All 4 Uses
immortal
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Medea, by Euripides (translated by: G. Theodoridis)
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- You must not become the subject of mockery by the scattered seed of Sisyphos and Jason's new wife; you, the daughter of the immortal Apollo, the sungod.†
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- You, a man most hated by all the generations of mortals and immortals alike — and by me!†
immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history
- She is the product of your own golden seed, Apollo and it is a terrible thing for the mortals to spill the blood of immortals.†
- Hold her back, immortal light!†
Definitions:
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(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
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someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, "The Immortals" denotes a military corps of the Persian Empire. The Immortals were so-named because each time a member of the 10,000 man corps was killed or seriously wounded, he was replaced by another man. They are best remembered in western culture for their role in defeating the badly out-numbered Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.