All 7 Uses of
exile
in
The Odyssey
- If now it really pleases the blissful gods
that wise Odysseus shall return—home at last—
let us dispatch the guide and giant-killer Hermes
down to Ogygia Island, down to announce at once
to the nymph with lovely braids our fixed decree:
Odysseus journeys home—the exile must return!†p. 80.5
- Announce to the nymph with lovely braids our fixed decree:
Odysseus journeys home—the exile must return.†p. 153.6
- Now as Odysseus, long an exile, prayed in Athena's grove,
the hardy mule-team drew the princess toward the city.†p. 179.1
- Ithaca ...Heart racing, Odysseus that great exile
filled with joy to hear Athena, daughter of storming Zeus,
pronounce that name.†p. 294.8 *
- "My friend," the great Odysseus, long in exile, answered,
"since you are dead certain, since you still insist
he's never coming back, still the soul of denial,
I won't simply say it—on my oath I swear
Odysseus is on his way!†p. 306.4
- If only, Eumaeus," the wayworn exile said,
"you were as dear to Father Zeus as you are to me!†p. 330.3
- So long an exile, great Odysseus replied,
"Surely, my son, I'll tell you the whole story now.†p. 345.9
Definition:
to force someone to live outside of their homeland; or living in such a condition
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be