Andrew Fribush

fig. 2.21.1: five hosts feed the stranger first and ask 5 to 78 lines later; the Cyclops asks first, in Nestor’s own words, then eats the guests

fig. 2.21.1 · five hosts feed the stranger first and ask 5 to 78 lines later; the Cyclops asks first, in Nestor’s own words, then eats the guests.
FIVE HOSTS FEED THE STRANGER FIRST AND ASK 5 TO 78 LINES LATER; THE CYCLOPSASKS FIRST, THEN EATS THE GUESTSONE ROW IS ONE HOST. ACCENT DOT: THE LINE THE STRANGER EATS. INK DOT: THE LINEHE IS ASKED WHO HE IS. THE BAR COUNTS THE LINES BETWEEN.TELEMACHUS, ITHACATO ATHENA, A STRANGER AT THE GATEMEAL 1.149 · ASKED 1.170 · 21 LINES LATERτίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν;NESTOR, PYLOSTO TELEMACHUS, ON THE BEACHMEAL 3.66 · ASKED 3.71 · 5 LINES LATERὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ;MENELAUS, SPARTATO TELEMACHUS AND PISISTRATUS; HELEN ASKS, AND NAMES HIM AT 4.144MEAL 4.67 · ASKED 4.138 · 71 LINES LATERοἵ τινες οἵδε;ARETE AND ALCINOUS, SCHERIATO ODYSSEUS, UNNAMED FOR TWO BOOKSMEAL 7.177 · ASKED 7.238 · 61 LINES LATERτίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν;ANSWERED WITHOUT A NAME; ASKED FOR IT AT 8.550, 720 LINES AFTER THE MEAL; NAMED AT9.19, 775 AFTERPOLYPHEMUS, THE CAVETO ODYSSEUS AND HIS MEN; THE QUESTION IS NESTOR’S LINE, WORD FOR WORDASKED 9.252 · EATS THE GUESTS 9.288 · 36 LINES LATERὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ;EUMAEUS, THE HUT ON ITHACAA SLAVE, TO A BEGGAR WHO IS HIS OWN MASTERMEAL 14.109 · ASKED 14.187 · 78 LINES LATERτίς πόθεν εἶς ἀνδρῶν;050100BEFORE THE MEALLINES AFTER THE MEAL

A gap is the difference of two line numbers in the Perseus text, so it counts the edition’s verses. The question line τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν stands on 7 lines of the Odyssey and 1 of the Iliad, where Achilles asks it of a man he is about to kill (21.150); ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ stands on 2 lines in all of Homer, Nestor’s and the Cyclops’s. Translations are the author’s. The Cyclops’s guests had already helped themselves to his cheese (9.232).

source: content/homer/odyssey-grc.txt lines 149, 170, 944, 949, 1442, 1513, 3223, 3284, 3943, 3998, 4231, 4267, 6760, 6838 (Od. 1.149, 1.170, 3.66, 3.71, 4.67, 4.138, 7.177, 7.238, 8.550, 9.19, 9.252, 9.288, 14.109, 14.187); a gap is the difference of two file lines · feedThenAsk.data.ts

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Andrew Fribush, software and computer engineer in Austin. I build consequential systems where software meets institutions: finance, healthcare, commerce, government data, and the mechanisms that govern AI agents. Taking new engagements: hello@andrewfribush.com.