Who is ravage in the odyssey

When he came he had a load of dry boughs on his shoulder to stoke his fire at suppertime. I had touched the spot when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him we perished there as well, for we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside. We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss ; we have more force by far.

Then over the broad cavern floor he ushered the ewes he meant to milk. Two dozen four-wheeled wagons, with heaving wagon teams , could not have stirred the tonnage of that rock from where he wedged it over the doorsill. Get started. Connect Vocabulary. My Account Log in Sign up. Sentence: Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other folk by sea.

Profusion: large supply; abundance Sentence: I held this in the fires heart and turned it, toughening it, then hid it, well back in the cavern, under one of the dung piles in profusion there.

Adversary: enemy; opponent Sentence: Far out, as far offshore as shouted words would carry, I sent a few back to the adversary.

Rancor: bitter hatred; ill will. Sentence: Merciless in rancor, for the son whose eyes you blinded, 7. Abominably: in an extremely unpleasant or disgusting manor. Ardor: passion; enthusiasm. Sentence: The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen.

Tumult: commotion; uproar; confusion Sentence: When I saw smoke and white water, with sound of waves in tumult—a sound the men heard, and terrified them. Restitution: compensation; repayment Sentence: Restitution or penalty they shall pay. Adorn: add beauty to; decorate Sentence: Other amusements later, with son and harping that adorn a feast. Revelry: merrymaking; festivity Sentence: In that revelry amid his throng of friends who would imagine a single foe— Glowered: glared; stared angrily Sentence: Odysseus glowered under his black brows.

Avails: is to use; helps Sentence: The pouncing falcons grip their prey, no frantic wing avails Aloof: at a distance; unfriendly Sentence: Who else would in the world would keep aloof as you do from her husband. Pliant: flexible Sentence: A pliant web of oxhide thongs dyed crimson.

Tremulous: trembling; shaking Sentence: As she heard it told, he knees grew tremulous and weak. Related documents. Notes: Introduction to The Odyssey. StudyGuide2 Odyssey for Unit Test. Justin - Kyoo Lee. The Odyssey Timeline of Events. Imagine that Odysseus and the Cyclops went in front. Scavenger Hunt for The Odyssey.