goatherd

How to use goatherd in a sentence

• Her baby, when born, is exposed as being illegitimate, but found by a goatherd and brought up—becoming the all but deified Atys.

  Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman

• Only the one old peasant works alone: and a goatherd watching his long-haired, white goats.

  Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence

• The goatherd offered to anoint him with dust and spittle, pointing a stumpy forefinger, but Francesco was filled with disgust.

  The Hill of Venus | Nathan Gallizier

• On this the goatherd Melanthius went by back passages to the store-room of Ulysses' house.

  The Odyssey | Homer

• A little goatherd, leading his bleating flock, plays on a reed flute to summon a straggler from a distant crag.

  Through the Malay Archipelago | Emily Richings