πελώριος

pelorios

the mighty things

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 16
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Book 3 2
Chapter ?

3166
3229
Book 5 4
Chapter ?

5395
5594
5842
5847
Book 7 2
Chapter ?

7208
7211
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8424
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10439
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11820
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

17174
17360
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

1883
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21527
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2292
Odyssey 5
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3290
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9187
9190
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11572
11594

Dictionary (LSJ)

πελώριος (also τελώριος (q. v.)), ον, fem. (not in Hom.) -ιος Hes. Th. 179, -ίη A.R. 4.1682 : A. = πέλωρος, freq. in Hom., mostly of gods, Ἀΐδης, Ἄρης, Il. 5.395, 7.208 ; or heroes, as Αἴας, Ἕκτωρ, Ἀχιλεύς, 3.229, 11.820, 21.527 ; Ὠρίων Od. 11.572 ; ἀνὴρ π., of Polyphemus, 9.187, cf. Il. 3.166, Pi. O. 7.15 ; also of things, ἔγχος, τεύχεα, Il. 8.424, 10.439 ; λᾶας Od. 11.594 ; κύματα 3.290 ; ἅρπη Hes. Th. 179 ; κλέος Pi. O. 10(11).21 : rare in Trag. (only lyr.), γᾶς π. τέρας, of a dragon, E. IT 1248 (lyr.) ; τὰ πρὶν π. the mighty things, or mighty ones, of old, A. Pr. 151 (lyr.) ; used by Com. in mock-heroic style, Ar. Av. 321 ; in exaggerated language, Arist. Rh. 1408b13: in later Prose, Ath. 3.84e. 2. π. (sc. ἱερά), τά, a harvest-festival, celebrated in honour of Zeus in Thessaly, Bato Sinop. 4 ; Πελώριος, epith. of Zeus, Q.S. 11.273.

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