κάνεον

kaneon

basket of reed

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 10
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Book 1 1
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1147
Book 3 1
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3442
Book 4 1
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4761
Book 8 1
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869
Book 16 1
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1651
Book 17 2
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17335
17343
Book 18 1
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18120
Book 20 2
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20255
20300
Iliad 3
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Book 9 1
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9217
Book 11 1
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11630
Book 24 1
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24626

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάνεον [ᾰ], τό, Ep. also κάνειον, Att. contr. κανοῦν IG 12.313.136, 22.1414.20, al.; dual κανώ ib.12.280.10; pl. κανᾶ ib.22.1414.38:— A. basket of reed or cane, esp. bread-basket, καλοῖς ἐν κανέοισιν Il. 9.217; περικαλλέος ἐκ κανέοιο Od. 17.343, cf. Hdt. 1.119, etc.; χάλκειον κάνεον Il. 11.630; χρύσεια κάνεια Od. 10.355; esp. used for the sacred barley at sacrifices, ἔχεν οὐλὰς ἐν κανέῳ 3.442; κανοῦν ἐνῆρκται E. El. 1142, cf. HF 926, Aeschin. 3.120, Men. Sam. 7; τὸ κανοῦν ὀλὰς ἔχον Ar. Pax 948, cf. Ach. 244, al., Pherecr. 137, etc.; carried in procession, Men. Epit. 222; as a votive offering (perh. a vessel of basketshape), IGΙΙ(2).161B 34, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), 7.2424 (Thebes), CIG 2855.21 (Branchidae).

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