All 41 Uses
immortal
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The Odyssey
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- Recalling Aegisthus, Zeus harangued the immortal powers:
"Ah how shameless—the way these mortals blame the gods.†p. 78.6 - Great Odysseus
who excels all men in wisdom, excels in offerings too
he gives the immortal gods who rule the vaulting skies?†p. 79.9 - Wait,
I'll make you a prophecy, one the immortal gods
have planted in my mind—it will come true, I think,
though I am hardly a seer or know the flights of birds.†p. 84.1 - So he said
but deep in his mind he knew the immortal goddess.†p. 91.3 - As the sun sprang up, leaving the brilliant waters in its wake,
climbing the bronze sky to shower light on immortal gods
and mortal men across the plowlands ripe with grain—
the ship pulled into Pylos, Neleus' storied citadel,
where the people lined the beaches,
sacrificing sleek black bulls to Poseidon,
god of the sea-blue mane who shakes the earth.†p. 107.2 - I've never seen the immortals show so much affection
as Pallas openly showed him, standing by your father—
if only she'd favor you, tend you with all her heart,
many a suitor then would lose all thought of marriage,
blotted out forever.†p. 114.6immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - But you tell me—
you immortals know it all—which one of you
blocks my way here, keeps me from my voyage?†p. 136.5 - Proteus of Egypt does,
the immortal Old Man of the Sea who never lies,
who sounds the deep in all its depths, Poseidon's servant.†p. 136.7 * - But you tell me—
you immortals know it all—which one of you
blocks my way here, keeps me from my voyage?†p. 139.3immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - But even from there a safe return seemed likely,
yes, the immortals swung the wind around to fair
and the victors sailed home.†p. 141.1 - But about your own destiny, Menelaus,
dear to Zeus, it's not for you to die
and meet your fate in the stallion-land of Argos,
no, the deathless ones will sweep you off to the world's end,
the Elysian Fields, where gold-haired Rhadamanthys waits,
where life glides on in immortal ease for mortal man;
no snow, no winter onslaught, never a downpour there
but night and day the Ocean River sends up breezes,
singing winds of the West refreshing all mankind.†p. 142.5 - As Dawn rose up from bed by her lordly mate Tithonus,
bringing light to immortal gods and mortal men,
the gods sat down in council, circling Zeus
the thunder king whose power rules the world.†p. 152.2 - Immortals are never strangers to each other,
no matter how distant one may make her home.†p. 155.1immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - And I welcomed him warmly, cherished him, even vowed
to make the man immortal, ageless, all his days ...
But since there is no way for another god to thwart
the will of storming Zeus and make it come to nothing,
let the man go—if the Almighty insists, commands—
and destroy himself on the barren salt sea!†p. 156.8 - But if you only knew, down deep, what pains
are fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore,
you'd stay right here, preside in our house with me
and be immortal.†p. 159.1 - Hardly right, is it,
for mortal woman to rival immortal goddess?†p. 159.2 - Here, take this scarf,
tie it around your waist—it is immortal.†p. 163.3 - But battle-weary Odysseus weighed two courses,
deeply torn, probing his fighting spirit: "Oh no—
I fear another immortal weaves a snare to trap me,
urging me to abandon ship!†p. 163.6 - Even immortal gods will show a man respect,
whatever wanderer seeks their help—like me—
I throw myself on your mercy, on your current now—
I have suffered greatly.†p. 166.4 - The immortals love us far too much for that.†
p. 174.9immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history
- And dogs of gold and silver were stationed either side,
forged by the god of fire with all his cunning craft
to keep watch on generous King Alcinous' palace,
his immortal guard-dogs, ageless, all their days.†p. 182.6 - I'm nothing like the immortal gods who rule the skies,
either in build or breeding.†p. 186.4 - On the tenth, at dead of night,
the gods cast me up on Ogygia, Calypso's island,
home of the dangerous nymph with glossy braids,
and the goddess took me in in all her kindness,
welcomed me warmly, cherished me, even vowed
to make me immortal, ageless, all my days—
but she never won the heart inside me, never.†p. 187.8 - Seven endless years I remained there, always drenching
with my tears the immortal clothes Calypso gave me.†p. 187.9 - She saw me on my way in a solid craft,
tight and trim, and gave me full provisions,
food and mellow wine, immortal clothes to wear
and summoned a wind to bear me onward, fair and warm.†p. 188.1 - But I'd never vie with the men of days gone by,
not Heracles, not Eurytus of Oechalia—archers
who rivaled immortal powers with their bows.†p. 198.8 - The immortals, givers of all good things, stood at the gates,
and uncontrollable laughter burst from the happy gods
when they saw the god of fire's subtle, cunning work.†p. 201.9immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - Crawling back like this
it proves the immortals hate you!†p. 233.1 - So they came nuzzling round my men—lions, wolves
with big powerful claws—and the men cringed in fear
at the sight of those strange, ferocious beasts ...But still
they paused at her doors, the nymph with lovely braids,
Circe—and deep inside they heard her singing, lifting
her spellbinding voice as she glided back and forth
at her great immortal loom, her enchanting web
a shimmering glory only goddesses can weave.†p. 237.5 - Scylla's no mortal, she's an immortal devastation,
terrible, savage, wild, no fighting her, no defense—
just flee the creature, that's the only way.†p. 275.2 - Just eat in peace,
content with the food immortal Circe gave us.'†p. 280.7 - Quick as a flash
with her flaring robes Lampetie sped the news
to the Sun on high that we had killed his herds
and Helios burst out in rage to all the immortals:
'Father Zeus!†p. 282.9immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - But now Poseidon, god of the earthquake, never once
forgetting the first threats he leveled at the hero,
probed almighty Zeus to learn his plans in full:
"Zeus, Father, I will lose all my honor now
among the immortals, now there are mortal men
who show me no respect—Phaeacians, too,
born of my own loins!†p. 290.7 - She drifted a sound slumber over Icarius' daughter,
back she sank and slept, her limbs fell limp and still,
reclining there on her couch, all the while Athena,
luminous goddess, lavished immortal gifts on her
to make her suitors lose themselves in wonder ...
The divine unguent first.†p. 382.2 - The immortals give each thing its proper place
in our mortal lives throughout the good green earth.†p. 409.5immortals = people who live forever OR people famous throughout history - He told how he reached
Ogygia's shores and the nymph Calypso held him back,
deep in her arching caverns, craving him for a husband—
cherished him, vowed to make him immortal, ageless, all his days,
yes, but she never won the heart inside him, never ...
then how he reached the Phaeacians—heavy sailing there—
who with all their hearts had prized him like a god
and sent him off in a ship to his own beloved land,
giving him bronze and hoards of gold and robes ...
and that was the last he told her, just as sleep
overcame him ...sleep loosing his limbs,
slipping the toils of anguish from his mind.†p. 466.5 - Hearing the news, your mother, Thetis, rose from the sea,
immortal sea-nymphs in her wake, and a strange unearthly cry
came throbbing over the ocean.†p. 470.1 - This is Achilles' mother rising from the sea
with all her immortal sea-nymphsshe longs to join her son who died in battle!'†p. 470.3 - For seventeen days unbroken, days and nights
we mourned you—immortal gods and mortal men.†p. 470.5 - The immortal gods will lift a song for all mankind,
a glorious song in praise of self-possessed Penelope.†p. 474.6 - Myself, I saw an immortal fighting at his side—
like Mentor to the life.†p. 482.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
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someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god -
(2)
(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.