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Poem by Shelley: 1816
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alastor
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Alastor (; , English translation : "avenger") refers to a number of people and concepts in Greek mythology : Alastor was an epithet of the Greek god Zeus , according to Hesychius of Alexandria and the Etymologicum Magnum , which described him as the avenger ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in Greek tradition, son of Neleus, brother of Nestor, slain by Herakles. The name is perhaps literally "not to forget," from privative prefix a- "not" + root of lathein "to forget" (see Lethe ), hence its use figuratively in sense of "an avenging spirit." ...
Usage examples of alastor.
He dropped Alastor, and the cat immediately raced across the foyer and began to investigate the house.
He lifted Alastor to his shoulder and the hairless cat curled itself around his neck and rested there.
Timothy spun to see Lord Nicodemus descending the stairs toward them with Alastor in his arms, a roiling cloud of supernatural energies drifting behind and above him.
As Timothy moved the craft in for a closer look, he saw the hairless Alastor balanced on his two back legs on the outcropping of stone, his front paws swatting at the bird.
Their gazes connected, and Timothy was certain that the rook was well aware of the importance of stopping Alastor from getting back inside.
It was a place to quote Alastor in, and nothing but a bad memory prevented my affrighting the oaks and rills with declamation.
While I was still hesitating, and wondering how I could get the book conveyed to its romantic owner, suddenly a figure turned the corner of the road, and there was Alastor coming back again.
In this she rather differed from Alastor, of whom otherwise she was the female counterpart.
As I lay thus holding her hand, and listening to her quiet breathing, I realised once more what my young Alastor had meant by the purity of high passion.
He will think that in the scene with the Major-General I acted with lamentably little spirit, and that generally my friend Alastor would have proved infinitely more worthy of the situation.
Paen said, gritting his teeth against the pain that threatened to swamp him at the thought of what the alastor was saying.
Griffeides, Orpheus with his lute of eight blue stars, Miraldra the Enchantress with blazing Fenim for her diadem, and low in the southeast the star-veils of Alastor Cluster.
Gaean Reach and Alastor Cluster, especially those with rural populations, a new profession has come into existence: the man skilled in star-naming and star-lore.
Alastor, who fell in love with Catriona, the daughter of a foundryman who lived in a Highland village near to the town of his birth.
Alastor, but as dreadful as some Muggles can be, I also quite admire them for many reasons.