ὑπέρβιος

hyperbios

of overwhelming strength

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 8
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1368
Book 4 1
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4321
Book 12 1
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12379
Book 14 2
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1492
1495
Book 15 1
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15212
Book 16 2
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16315
16410
Iliad 2
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Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1719
Book 18 1
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18262

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπέρβιος, ον, (βία) A. of overwhelming strength or might, Ἡρακλῆς Pi. O. 10(11).15; δαῖμον, i. e. Apollo, B. 3.37: c. gen., πάντων ὑπέρβιος Pi. Oxy. 408.28. II. mostly in bad sense, overweening, lawless, wanton, οἷος κείνου θυμὸς ὑ. Il. 18.262; ὑ. ὕβριν ἔχοντες Od. 1.368; ὑ. ἦτορ ἔχοντες Orph. Fr. 119: neut. ὑπέρβιον as Adv., Il. 17.19, Od. 12.379, 14.92,95: regul. Adv. -βίως Sch.A.R. 4.1523.

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