Literary Record Details

Author: HOMERUS Epic.

Opus: Ilias
Reference: Hom.Il.24.400

Period: Archaic

Genre: poetry
Subgenre: epic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: military

Greek Text: ἓξ δέ οἱ υἷες ἔασιν, ἐγὼ δέ οἱ ἕβδομός εἰμι: τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἕπεσθαι.

English Text: six sons hath he, and myself the seventh. From these by the casting of lots was I chosen to fare hitherward.

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Kleros 481, Hom.Il.24.400
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