ἀθλοφόρος

athlophoros

bearing away the prize, victorious

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9124
9266
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11699
Book 22 2
Chapter ?

2222
22162

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀθλοφόρος, ον, Ep. and Lyr. ἀεθλ-, A. bearing away the prize, victorious, ἵππος Il. 9.124, 22.22, Ibyc. 2, cf. Inscr.Olymp. 166; ἄνδρες Pi. O. 7.7, cf. Hdt. 1.31, etc.; of martyrs, JRS 10.47. II. prizegiving, ἀγῶνες IG 7.530.3 (Tanagra). III. ἀθλοφόρος, ἡ, title of priestess at Alexandria, ἀ. Βερενίκης OGI 90.5 (Canopus), PTeb. 176 (circ. 200 B.C.), etc.

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