φάσγανον

phasganon

sword

Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 15
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1190
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

581
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

888
Book 10 2
Chapter ?

10256
10456
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14405
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15713
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16339
Book 20 2
Chapter ?

20469
20481
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

2119
Book 22 2
Chapter ?

22306
22311
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23807
23824
Odyssey 10
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10145
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

1182
1195
11424
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16295
Book 22 5
Chapter ?

2274
2279
2284
2290
2298

Dictionary (LSJ)

φάσγανον, τό, poet. Noun, A. sword, δῶκεν μέγα φ. ἥρως σὺν κολεῷ τε φέρων καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι Il. 23.824; κολεοῦ γυμνὸν φ. Pi. N. 1.52b; ἀμφιπλῆγι φ. S. Tr. 930, cf. E. Fr. 373 (Cypr. acc. to AB 1095). II. = ξιφίον, corn-flag, Gladiolus segetum, Thphr. HP 7.12.3, 7.13.1, Nic. Fr. 74.63. 2. = ξάνθιον, Dsc. 4.136. 3. = ἀσπάλαθος, f.l. for σφάγνον in Id. 1.20. III. = ξίφος II, Opp. H. 3.556.

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