Crossword-Solution: OMPHALE
We have 3 clues for the answer “OMPHALE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hercules was her slave. | 1 answer |
| Legendary queen of Lydia. | 1 answer |
| Queen served by Hercules | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AERET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OMPHALE (5)
When he seemed to have vanquished his antagonists, Omphale (now she is Venus) clings to him and entices away Hercules, and divests him of his power, viz.: the commands of Baruch which Elohim issued.
Then let there follow Omphale, daughter to the king of Lydia, having a club in her hand, and a lion’s skin on her back, Hercules following with a distaff.
Then let Omphale turn about, and taking off her pantole, strike Hercules on the head; then let them depart, Ate remaining, saying: Quem non Argolici mandota severa Tyranni, Non potuit Juno vincere, vicit amor.
Stout Hercules, the mirror of the world, Son to Alemena and great Jupiter, After so many conquests won in field, After so many monsters quelled by force, Yielded his valiant heart to Omphale, A fearful woman void of manly strength.
How far more beautiful is that _replica_--That is what you call it, I think--” She skilfully interpolated, as Claude Vignon and Stidmann came up to them on hearing her talk of sculpture--“how far more beautiful than the Greek myth is that _replica_ of Hercules at Omphale’s feet.--Did Greece copy Judaea, or did Judaea borrow the symbolism from Greece?” “There, madame, you raise an important question--that of the date of the various writings in the Bible.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1951–1970).