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He is befriended by a swineherd, Eumaeus (Claudio Santamaria), who apparently doesn’t recognize him.
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
One of the grottoes is known as Eumaeus’ Cave, in honor of the faithful swineherd who tended Odysseus’ pigs and is said (improbably, given the terrain) to have fattened them on acorns there.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The king of Barodia desires to become a swineherd.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
The doctor then replaces the ruler’s missing arm with a swineherd’s.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
So do the breezy complacency of Menelaus, the innocence of Nausicaa, the gruff decency of the swineherd Eumaeus.
—Gregory Hays, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017
Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
One of the grottoes is known as Eumaeus’ Cave, in honor of the faithful swineherd who tended Odysseus’ pigs and is said (improbably, given the terrain) to have fattened them on acorns there.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The king of Barodia desires to become a swineherd.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
The doctor then replaces the ruler’s missing arm with a swineherd’s.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
So do the breezy complacency of Menelaus, the innocence of Nausicaa, the gruff decency of the swineherd Eumaeus.
—Gregory Hays, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swineherd
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In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.Hari Kumar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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The girl and the cowherd are separated by a celestial river, but are able to be together one day a year when a flock of magpies forms a bridge over it.Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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Dillahunt will play modern cowboy William Macon, a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded man who masks his ruthless ambition behind a charming and calculated facade.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kate’s emerging cowboy tendencies, Trowbridge’s ruthlessness and immaturity, Eidra’s laser focus on intelligence gathering and analysis, Dennison’s rectitude, Roylin’s geopolitics-whisperer shtick — all are heightened and more immediately consequential than before.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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There’s also an impressive 1836 drawing of a young shepherdess by Jules Dupre, acquired by the museum in 2009 as part of a bequest from collector Muriel Butkin.Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
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And Angela Chatelain Avila entertainingly plays most of the play’s female roles, including the neighbor’s gentle-natured wife Beryl, a boy servant, a maid and a shepherdess.Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
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Bella Hadid has returned from playing the starring role in Rodeo and Juliet–a sort of real-life rom-com where an international supermodel falls in love with a simple Texan cowman and realizes there is a life beyond New York, London, Paris and Milan–and is (more importantly) back in capri pants.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
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McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
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Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
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On a recent morning, one cowhand lounged in dusty jeans.Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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How to find Arcturus: Located in the northern constellation Boötes, the herdsman, the star can be seen from spring to fall in the United States.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
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Elsewhere were depictions of giraffes, elephants, and rhinos as well as people dancing, horsemen carrying spears and bows, and herdsmen tending cattle.Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
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The region has a rich history of sheep farming going back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Basque sheepherders settled there.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024
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Barbershop Trail: Named for a sheepherder who used his skills cutting the hair of his neighbors, the Barbershop Trail is part of the Cabin Loop Trail system on the Rim.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Her navy polo, gaucho shorts, and makeup-free face evoked an innocent schoolgirl.Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Here are my picks: Ride across the low grasslands with a gaucho, or South American cowboy guide, at Estancia Vik. Luz Culinary Wine Lodge, located in the fishing village of José Ignacio, sets the table for a gastronomic stay in a pine forest.Olivia Schellenberg, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Swineherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swineherd. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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