ἕδος

hedos

sitting-place

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 12
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Book 1 2
Chapter ?

1534
1581
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4406
Book 5 3
Chapter ?

5360
5367
5868
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8456
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9194
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11648
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23205
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24144
24544
Odyssey 3
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

642
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11263
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13344

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἕδος, εος, τό, Ep. dat. pl. ἑδέεσσιν IG 14.1389 ii 19:—Α. sitting-place: 1. seat, stool, Il. 1.534 (pl.), 581 (pl.), 9.194, etc.; ἕ. Θεσσαλικόν straight-backed chair, Hp. Art. 7. 2. seat, abode, dwelling-place, esp. of the gods, ἐς Ὄλυμπον . . ἵνʼ ἀθανάτων ἕ. ἐστί Il. 5.360; ἵκοντο θεῶν ἕ. αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον ib.367, cf. Theoc. 7.116; periphr., ἕ. Οὐλύμποιο, = Ὄλυμπος, Il. 24.144, cf. Pi. O. 2.12; of the abodes of men, Θήβης ἕ. Il. 4.406; Ἰθάκης ἕ. Od. 13.344; ἕ. Μάκαρος the abode of Macar, Il. 24.544: periphr., Τροίας ἕ. B. 8.46; ἔποικον ἕ., = ἐποικίαι, A. Pr. 412. 3. seated statue of a god, S. OT 886 (lyr.), El. 1374, IG 2.754, al., Isoc. 15.2, X. HG 1.4.12, Porph. Abst. 2.18, Polem.Hist. 90, Plu. Per. 13, Paus. 8.46.2; τὰ ἕ. τῶν θεῶν, i.e. the Lat. Penates, D.H. 1.47; also of a man worshipped as a hero, IG 14.2133; τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἕδη καὶ τοὺς νεώς Isoc. 4.155; τοὺς νεὼς καὶ τὰ ἕδη καὶ τὰ τεμένη Lycurg. 143; θεῶν ἕδη (v.l. ἄλση) καὶ ἱερά Pl. Phd. 111b, cf. Tim. Lex. ἕδος· τὸ ἄγαλμα, καὶ ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧἵδρυται, but this latter use is doubtful in early Prose; later, temple, Ph. 2.314; ἕ. ὑπαίθριον D.C. 51.1. 4. foundation, base, Hes. Th. 117, Epigr. ap. Vitr. 8.3.23. II. act of sitting, οὐχ ἕδος ἐστί ʼtis no time to sit idle, Il. 11.648, 23.205; cf. ἕδρα II. (Cf. Skt. sádas ‘seat’.)

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