τάφος

taphos

funeral-rites

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 6
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Book 3 1
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3309
Book 20 1
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20307
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21122
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

2393
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

2487
24441
Iliad 5
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Book 23 3
Chapter ?

2329
23619
23680
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24660
24804

Dictionary (LSJ)

τάφος [ᾰ] (A), ὁ, (θάπτω) A. funeral-rites, Il. 23.619, Od. 4.547; δαινύναι τάφον to give a funeral-feast, Il. 23.29, Od. 3.309; τελέσαι τάφον Ἕκτορι δίῳ to perform the funeral-rites, Il. 24.660; so ὃν πόλις στυγεῖ, σὺ τιμήσεις τάφῳ; A. Th. 1051; τάφῳ κτερίζειν S. Ant. 203; τάφον τινὸς θέσθαι Id. OT 1447; τ. περιστέλλειν νεκροῦ Id. Aj. 1170; τάφου τυχεῖν obtain the rites of burial, E. Hec. 47; τοιόσδε ὁ τ. ἐγένετο Th. 2.47: pl. of a single funeral, Pl. R. 414a; so of cremation, Clitarch. 32 J. 2. the act of performing the funeral-rites, τοῦδε τοῦ τ. φήσεις μετασχεῖν S. Ant. 534. II. grave, tomb, Hes. Sc. 477, Pi. I. 8(7).63, A. Pers. 686, Ch. 168, S. El. 1218 sq., Hdt. 2.136, Th. 1.26, etc. (never in Hom.): pl. of a single grave, S. OC 411; ὄντες ἐν τάφοις dead and buried, A. Eu. 767; μέγας γʼ ὀφθαλμὸς οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι his being dead and buried, S. OT 987:—γῦπες ἔμψυχοι τάφοι Gorg. 5a. 2. ἔμψυχός τις τ. a ‘living skeleton’, Luc. DMort. 6.2. 3. = βωμός, Duris 34 J. 4. Cypr. for φόνος, Sch.Il. 23.29.

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