βῆσσα

bessa

wooded combe, glen

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 2
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Book 17 1
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17283
Book 22 1
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22190
Odyssey 2
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Book 10 1
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10275
Book 19 1
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19435

Dictionary (LSJ)

βῆσσα, Dor. βᾶσσα, ἡ, poet. Noun, A. wooded combe, glen, in Hom. mostly οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς in the mountain glens, Il. 3.34, al.; ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ 18.588, cf. Od. 19.435; κοίλη δʼ ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα τρηχεῖα h.Ap. 284: pl. for sg., ἐν βήσσῃσι Od. 10.210: used also by Pi., twice by S. (lyr.), OC 673, Aj. 197, and Arist. HA 618b24. II. drinkingcup at Alexandria, broader below and narrower above, Ath. 11.784b.

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