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Definition of Fosterlings
1. fosterling [n] - See also: fosterling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fosterlings
Literary usage of Fosterlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1921)
"Now the kings, the fosterlings of Zeus, encountered Nestor, as they went up from
the ships, even they that were wounded with the bronze, Tydeus' son, ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1909)
"And the dame that kept the stores placed therein corn and wine and dainties, such
as princes eat, the fosterlings of Zeus. So Telemachus stept up into the ..."
3. Hellenic History by George Willis Botsford (1922)
"They, too, are " sceptre-bearing kings " and " fosterlings of Zeus." The King
was himself a councillor, and merely the first among equals.40 Whereas the ..."
4. Euripides by Euripides (1912)
"... word-herald, to interpret speech ; Earth's fruit for food, for nurturing
thereof Raindrops from heaven, to feed earth's fosterlings, And water her green ..."
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