The Only Use of
ardor
in
The Odyssey
- And Diomedes and I, crouched tight in the midst
with great Odysseus, hearing you singing out,
were both keen to spring up and sally forth
or give you a sudden answer from inside,
but Odysseus damped our ardor, reined us back.†p. 133.5
Definition:
a feeling of strong enthusiasm or love -- usually for a person or a cause