Oenone

[ ee-noh-nee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.

Oenone

/ iːˈnəʊnɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth a nymph of Mount Ida, whose lover Paris left her for Helen

Example Sentences

And feeling more Oenone-ish than ever, I went back and lay down again.

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When he found himself dying of his wounds, he fled to Oenone for help, but died just as he came into her presence.

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He tried in vain to construe Oenone, and to make sense of Lamia.

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Like Oenone, she prays the mountain to hear her, and implores Cupid to fire his heart anew.

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Turn from this to some parallel poem in English literature, such as Oenone or Tithonus.

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