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περικαλλής

perikalles

very beautiful

Appears 54 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περικαλλής, ές, κάλλος) A. very beautiful, in Hom. mostly of things, φόρμιγξ, κίθαρις, Il. 1.603, Od. 1.153; ἀγροί, αὐλή, βωμός, δίφρος, δόμος, δῶρα, ἔργα, εὐνή, θρόνος, etc., 14.263, 1.425, Il. 8.249, 4.486, 3.421, Od. 8.420, 2.117, 10.347, 22.438, al.; of women only Il. 5.389, 16.85, Od. 11.281 ; of men first in h.Merc. 323, 397, 504 ; of a manʼs eyes, Od. 13.401,433 ; of a statue, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.60 ; Κύπρον, περικαλλέα νῆσον Thgn. 1277, cf. Hdt. 7.5 ; ἄνθη -έστατα Hellanic. 55 J.: also in later Prose, Arist. Fr. 11, Mu. 397a4 (Sup.), Ph. 2.269, J. BJ 6.1.1, D.C. 37.17 (Sup.), etc. : but rare in Att., Hermipp.Hist. 6 (Comp.) ; π. Θεσμοφόρω Ar. Th. 282 : irreg. Sup. περικάλλιστος v.l. in Alciphr. 3.59. Adv. -καλλῶς Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.171, Longin. Rh.p.186 H., Eust. 836.41.
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