κρόταφος

krotaphos

side of the forehead

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4502
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13188
13805
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15609
15648
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16104
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18611
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20397
Odyssey 3
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11319
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18378
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22102

Dictionary (LSJ)

κρόταφος, ὁ, A. side of the forehead, Il. 4.502, 20.397, Ar. Ra. 854: mostly in pl., temples, Il. 13.188, al., Hdt. 4.187, Hp. Prog. 2, etc.; πρᾶτον ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλων Theoc. 15.85, cf. 11.9, IG 5(1).1355 (Abia); τοὺς κ. πολιοῦνται πρῶτον Arist. GA 784b35. 2. generally, side edge, profile, Procl. Hyp. 3.6; κύκλου ib.17; of a brick, PMag.Par. 1.30; κατὰ κρόταφον sideways, horizontally, Hero Bel. 98.2, Ph. Bel. 64.25, cf. 60.7; ἐπὶ κρορόταφον on its side, ib.66.13. II. metaph., slope of a mountain, A. Pr. 721; ὑπὸ κροτάφοις Ἑλικῶνος Philiadas ap.St.Byz. s.v. Θέσπεια. III. back of a book, Anon. ap. Suid. IV. edge or narrow side of a stele, IG 42(1).109 iii 162, iv 129 (Epid.). (κόρταφος EM 541.23, Et.Gud., Zonar., prob. to be read in Pl.Com. 84; κότραφος PMag.Osl. 1.152, etc.)

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