κεραυνός

keraunos

thunderbolt

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 10
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Book 5 2
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5128
5131
Book 7 1
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7249
Book 12 3
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12387
12415
12416
Book 14 2
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14305
14306
Book 23 1
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23330
Book 24 1
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24539
Iliad 8
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Book 8 4
Chapter ?

8133
8405
8419
8455
Book 14 1
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14417
Book 15 1
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15117
Book 21 2
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21198
21401

Dictionary (LSJ)

κεραυνός, ὁ, A. thunderbolt, νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. Od. 23.330; βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ. 14.305; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ 12.416; esp. as weapon of Zeus, Hes. Th. 854, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.141; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός Ar. Av. 1538; καταιβάτης A. Pr. 361; πυρωπός ib.668; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. Id. Th. 445; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα Id. Pr. 922; κ. ἀργής Ar. Av. 1747 (anap.); πτερόεις ib.576; κεραυνοῦ βέλος A. Th. 453 (lyr.), S. Tr. 1088; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί Ar. Nu. 395; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος Id. Av. 1714; κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς . . , X. HG 4.7.7, Plu. Lyc. 31: pl., κεραυνοί thunderbolts, Hes. Th. 690, Hdt. 8.37, Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U.; ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός; S. El. 823 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Pl. 125; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα Pl. Ti. 80c; defined as ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς, i.e. thunder and lightning, Zeno Stoic. 1.34. II. metaph., κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, Com.Adesp. 10; τύπτειν κεραυνός a thunderbolt for striking, Antiph. 195.4; Κεραυνός, as a name of great soldiers, Plu. Arist. 6. III. title of Zeus, IG 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), Rev.Arch. 40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. κεραΐζω.)

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