Literary Record Details

Author: HOMERUS Epic.

Opus: Odyssea
Reference: Hom.Od.9.160

Period: Archaic

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

Greek Text: νῆες μέν μοι ἕποντο δυώδεκα, ἐς δὲ ἑκάστην ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες: ἐμοὶ δὲ δέκ᾽ ἔξελον οἴῳ.

English Text: The ships that followed me were twelve, and to each nine goats fell by lot, but for me alone they chose out ten.

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Kleros 506, Hom.Od.9.160
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