θυμοβόρος

thymoboros

eating the heart

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 7 2
Chapter ?

7210
7301
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16476
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

1958
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20253

Dictionary (LSJ)

θυμοβόρος, ον, (βιβρώσκω, βορά) A. eating the heart, θυμοβόρῳ ἔριδι Il. 19.58, al.; λύα Alc. Supp. 23.10; Κῆρες A.R. 4.1666; τῆς θυμοβόρου φρένα λύπης cj. for θυμοφθόρον in A. Ag. 103 (anap.).

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