παλίωξις

palioxis

pursuit in turn

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1271
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

1569
15601

Dictionary (LSJ)

παλίωξις, εως, ἡ, (πάλι, ἰωκή) A. pursuit in turn, when fugitives rally and turn on their pursuers, π. δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν [ῑ metri gr.] Il. 12.71; ἄν τοι ἔπειτα π. παρὰ νηῶν αἰὲν ἐγὼ τεύχοιμι 15.69, cf. 601; opp. προΐωξις, Hes. Sc. 154: in late Prose, App. Mith. 49.

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