The Homer Reader The Iliad & Odyssey · Greek and English

ὕστερον

hysteron

the afterbirth

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὕστερον, τό, A. the afterbirth, Hp. Mul. 1.46, Arist. HA 587a8, Sor. 1.57: pl., Hp.l.c., Aph. 5.49.
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