ὄρχαμος

orchamos

leader, chief

Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 19
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Book 3 3
Chapter ?

3400
3454
3482
Book 4 3
Chapter ?

4156
4291
4316
Book 10 2
Chapter ?

10224
10538
Book 14 2
Chapter ?

1422
14121
Book 15 5
Chapter ?

1564
1587
15167
15351
15389
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1636
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17184
Book 20 2
Chapter ?

20185
20254
Iliad 7
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2837
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

699
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12110
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14102
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1712
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19289
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21221

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄρχαμος, ὁ, A. leader, chief, early Ep. only in the phrases ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν Il. 2.837, al., Hes. Fr. 96.12, ὄρχαμε λαῶν Il. 14.102, al.; the former applied to the swineherd Eumaeus, Od. 14.22,121, and the cowherd Philoetius, 20.185,254.—Ep. word, used once by A., ὄ. στρατοῦ Pers. 129(lyr.); ὄρχαμε τ[όξου] IG 12.516: in late Poetry without a gen., AP 11.284 (Pall.).

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