Epic & Didactic · Homer
Odyssey
Homer, c. 8th century BCE (as conventionally dated) — in Greek.
The homecoming (nostos, νόστος) of Odysseus — ten years of wandering between the fall of Troy and the shores of Ithaca.
The words most alive here
- Ὀδυσσεύς · Odysseus 577
- ἔρχομαι · erchomai 434
- ἀνήρ · anēr 425
- τίς · tis 405
- ἐπεί · epei 380
- φίλος · philos 329
- ἦ · ē 325
- ναῦς · naus 324
- θυμός · thymos 322
- ἠέ · ēe 317
- ἔχω · echō 309
- θεός · theos 300
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
Read from it
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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
Odyssey 1.1 -
τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.
Odyssey 1.10 -
βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν, τῷ δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν
Odyssey 1.100 -
ἡρώων, τοῖσίν τε κοτέσσεται ὀβριμοπάτρη.
Odyssey 1.101 -
βῆ δὲ κατʼ Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων ἀίξασα,
Odyssey 1.102 -
στῆ δʼ Ἰθάκης ἐνὶ δήμῳ ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος,
Odyssey 1.103
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