θρόνος

thronos

seat, chair

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 13
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Book 1 1
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1145
Book 3 1
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3389
Book 4 1
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451
Book 6 1
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6308
Book 7 1
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795
Book 10 1
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10233
Book 15 1
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15134
Book 17 2
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1786
17179
Book 20 1
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20249
Book 22 2
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22438
22452
Book 24 1
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24385

Dictionary (LSJ)

θρόνος, ὁ, A. seat, chair, Od. 1.145, Ath. 5.192e, PMasp. 6 ii 63 (vi A.D.), etc. 2. throne, chair of state, θ. βασιλήϊος Hdt. 1.14, cf. X. HG 1.5.3, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἐπὶ θρόνον Theoc. 7.93: metaph., Pl. R. 553c: pl., ἐν θρόνοις ἥμενοι A. Ch. 975; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνων τʼ ἄϊστον ἐκβαλεῖν Id. Pr. 910; Διὸς θρόνοι S. Ant. 1041, cf. Ar. Av. 1732; kingʼs estate or dignity, σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους S. OC 425, cf.448; [γῆς] κράτη τε καὶ θρόνους νέμω Id. OT 237, cf. Ant. 166, etc.; in the Prytaneum, τῷ [Ἀπόλλωνι] θ. ἐξελεῖν IG 12.78. 3. oracular seat of Apollo, E. IT 1254, 1282 (both lyr.); μαντικοὶ θ. A. Eu. 616, etc. 4. chair of a teacher, Pl. Prt. 315c, Philostr. VS 2.2, Lib. Ep. 819, AP 9.174 (Pall.). 5. judgeʼs bench, Plu. 2.807b, Him. Ecl. 10.9, 13.16. 6. Astrol.,= ὕψωμα, PMich. in Class.Phil. 22.22(pl.). b. favourable combination of planetary positions, Ptol. Tetr. 51. II. a kind of bread, Neanth. 1 J. III. name of a lozenge, Paul.Aeg. 3.42,7.12.

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