All 16 Uses of
yoke
in
The Odyssey
- And I will make you a sacrifice, a yearling heifer
broad in the brow, unbroken, never yoked by men.†p. 119.7
- They listened closely, snapped to his commands and hitched a rapid team to a chariot's yoke in haste.
p. 122.8yoke = a wooden frame used to join horses so they pull together
- …shaking the yoke across their shoulders all day long.
p. 123.1yoke = a wooden framework used to connect horses so they can pull together as a team
- When young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more
they yoked their pair again, mounted the blazoned car
and out through the gates and echoing colonnade
they whipped the team to a run and on they flew,
holding nothing back—and the princes reached
the wheatlands, straining now for journey's end,
so fast those purebred stallions raced them on
as the sun sank and the roads of the world grew dark.†p. 123.6
- They loosed the sweating team from under the yoke,
p. 125.9yoke = a wooden frame to join beasts of burden so they pull together
- —they loosed the mules, out from under the wagon yoke, and chased them down the river's rippling banks to graze on luscious clover.
p. 171.4
- But now, as she was about to fold her clothes and yoke the mules and turn for home again,
p. 172.1yoke = connect to a wooden framework to control beasts of burden as they work
- men like gods, released the mules from the yoke and brought the clothes indoors
p. 179.4yoke = a wooden frame used to control beasts of burden
- Seeing the man go down, dying, gasping for breath,
she clings for dear life, screams and shrills—
but the victors, just behind her,
digging spear-butts into her back and shoulders,
drag her off in bondage, yoked to hard labor, pain,
and the most heartbreaking torment wastes her cheeks.†p. 208.6
- Long as morning rose and the blessed day grew stronger we stood and fought them off, massed as they were, but then, when the sun wheeled past the hour for unyoking oxen, the Cicones broke our lines and beat us down at last.
p. 213.5unyoking = removing the framework used to control beasts of burden while working
- They reached out for the good things that lay at hand
and once they'd put aside desire for food and drink,
Prince Telemachus and the gallant son of Nestor
yoked their team, mounted the blazoned car
and drove through the gates and echoing colonnade.†p. 324.0
- He cracked the lash and the horses broke quickly, careering through the city out into open country, shaking the yoke across their shoulders all day long.
p. 325.4yoke = a wooden framework used to connect horses so they can pull together as a team
- When young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more
they yoked their pair again, mounted the blazoned car
and out through the gates and echoing colonnade
they whipped the team to a run and on they flew,
holding nothing back, approaching Pylos soon,
the craggy citadel.†p. 325.6
- Zeus, the Old Thunderer, robs a man of half his virtue the day the yoke clamps down around his neck.
p. 364.8 *yoke = (metaphorically) heavy wooden framework used to control beasts of burden
- Fifty women you have inside your house, women we've trained to do their duties well, to card the wool and bear the yoke of service.
p. 452.6 *yoke = burden
- She held back the night, and night lingered long at the western edge of the earth, while in the east she reined in Dawn of the golden throne at Ocean's banks, commanding her not to yoke the windswift team that brings men light, Blaze and Aurora, the young colts that race the Morning on.
p. 463.6yoke = harness
Definitions:
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(1)
(yoke as in: the yoke of bondage) an oppressive burden or something that limits freedom
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(2)
(yoke as in: oxen yoke) a wooden frame used to join beasts of burden so they pull together, or a connected pair, or the connecting of a pair
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of the word including:- a clothing item from which fabric is hung
- a control apparatus for an airplane or ship