πτολίπορθος

ptoliporthos

sacking

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 2 2
Chapter ?

2278
2728
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5333
Book 8 1
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8372
Book 10 1
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10363
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

1577
Book 20 2
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20152
20384
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21550
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24108
Odyssey 6
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

83
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14447
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16442
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18356
Book 22 1
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22283
Book 24 1
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24119

Dictionary (LSJ)

πτολίπορθος, ον, (πέρθω) A. sacking or wasting cities, epith. of Ares, Il. 20.152, Hes. Th. 936; of Odysseus and Oïleus, Il. 2.278,728; of Achilles, 15.77, etc.; also of Heracles, Tab.Defix. in Stud.Ital. 2(1922).394 (Cret., iv/iii B.C.); π. μάχαι Pi. O. 8.35; πτολίπορθον στίχα Μήδων Epigr. ap. D.S. 11.14:— also πτολι-πόρθης, ου, ὁ, A. Ag. 472 (lyr.); as pr.n. of a son of Odysseus, Paus. 8.12.6:—the form πολίπορθος never occurs, for πτολίπορθʼ (voc.) is rightly restored in A. Ag. 783 (lyr.); cf. sq.

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