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The cunning, determined, rhetorically skillful Odysseus, long absent from his kingdom after a devastating war, becomes the devilishly clever Satan, cast down from his original home after the angelic civil war in heaven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

His piercing blue eyes cast down briefly at the floor as he thought about the moment he almost pushed himself past his limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024

"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022

With my eyes still cast down, he hands something to me.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi




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