ὄλβος

olbos

happiness, bliss

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Odyssey 8
Open Odyssey ›
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3208
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4208
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6188
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14206
Book 18 3
Chapter ?

1819
18123
18273
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20200
Iliad 2
Open Iliad ›
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16596
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24536

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄλβος, ὁ, A. happiness, bliss, esp. worldly happiness, weal, ἀλλʼ οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄ. Od. 3.208, cf. 4.208 ; Ζεὺς δʼ αὐτὸς νέμει ὄ. ἀνθρώποισιν 6.188 ; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε Il. 16.596, Od. 14.206, cf. Emp. 119 : freq. in Lyr., as Pi. O. 6.72, B. 3.92, and Trag., as A. Pers. 164, 252, 709, al. ; ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς ὄ. S. OT 1282, cf. Plu. Per. 12 : rarely in pl., ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι . . εὐδαίμονας ὄ. S. Fr. 320 (lyr.).—Poet. word, used by Hdt. 1.32, 86, X. Cyr. 1.5.9, 4.2.44 and 46, Ar. Av. 421, Hp. Ep. 3,5, LXX Si. 30.15. (Perh. cogn. with Lith. algà (I.-E. olgṷā) ‘wage’.)

‹ All lexicon entries