ὑπερῷον

hyperoon

the upper part of the house

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 10
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Book 4 1
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4787
Book 15 1
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15517
Book 16 1
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16449
Book 17 1
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17101
Book 18 2
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18206
18302
Book 19 2
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19594
19600
Book 22 1
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22428
Book 23 1
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2385
Iliad 1
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Book 2 1
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2514

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπερῷον, Ep. and Ion. ὑπερ-ώϊον, τό, A. the upper part of the house, where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514; εἰς ὑπερῷʼ ἀναβάς 16.184, cf. Od. 1.362; ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν . . Πηνελόπεια from her chamber she heard it, ib.328; approached by a κλῖμαξ, ib.330: so in later Gr., upper chamber or story, Act.Ap. 1.13, Supp.Epigr. 2.754 (Syria, ii A. D.), POxy. 2146.7 (iii A. D.). 2. attic, garret, Ar. Eq. 1001, Pl. 811, Men. Sam. 17, IG 22.1638.27; ἄνωθʼ ἐξ ὑ. Ar. Ec. 698 (anap.); of a spare room, Antipho 1.14.

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