ῥέθος

hrethos

limb

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16856
Book 22 2
Chapter ?

2268
22362

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥέθος, εος, τό, A. limb, usu. in pl. ῥέθεα, limbs, ψυχὴ δʼ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Il. 16.856; ῥεθέων ἐκ θυμὸν ἕληται 22.68, cf. Theoc. 23.39. II. in sg., face, countenance, S. Ant. 529 (anap.), E. HF 1204 (anap.), Theoc. 29.16: Aeol. in this sense acc. to Eust. 1090.27; it occurs in broken context, Sapph. Supp. 11.3. 2. body, Lyc. 173.

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