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Homer lab
Eleven counts over the Greek text of the Odyssey — 12,107 lines in content/homer/, tallied by scripts/homer-stats.py. Nothing here is an estimate; every number is a grep against the poem. The two closing plates are not counts at all: the places themselves, drawn from the elevation model of the earth.
THE PREFAB POEM
exact-repeat census over every line · the top formulas ranked · 17.0% of the Odyssey is a line the poet has used before
the prefab poem
ODYSSEY — 2,056 OF 12,107 LINES (17.0%) ARE VERBATIM REPEATS
30×τὸν δ αὖ τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδαTHEN WISE TELEMACHUS ANSWERED HIM
25×τὸν δ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις ὀδυσσεύςRESOURCEFUL ODYSSEUS ANSWERED HIM
20×ἦμος δ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος ἠώςWHEN EARLY-BORN ROSY-FINGERED DAWN APPEARED
19×τὴν δ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις ὀδυσσεύςRESOURCEFUL ODYSSEUS ANSWERED HER
15×καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδαAND ADDRESSED HIM WITH WINGED WORDS
15×ὣς ἔφατ αὐτὰρ ἐγώ μιν ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπονSO HE SPOKE; AND I ANSWERED HIM
15×ὣς οἱ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευονSO THEY SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER
14×αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντοWHEN THEY HAD PUT AWAY DESIRE FOR FOOD AND DRINK
A LINE COUNTS AS A REPEAT IF ITS LETTERS MATCH ANOTHER LINE OF THE SAME POEM EXACTLY. THE CHAMPIONS ARE ALL MACHINERY: SPEECH TAGS, DAWNS, MEALS.
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EPITHETS, COUNTED TO THEIR OWNERS
the Odyssey's formula systems as fingerprints · πολύτροπος — the word the poem opens on — occurs twice
epithets, counted to their owners
ODYSSEYLINES CONTAINING THE FORMULA
πολύμητιςRESOURCEFUL · ODYSSEUS68
πολύτλας δῖοςMUCH-ENDURING, GODLIKE · ODYSSEUS37
πολύτροποςOF MANY TURNS · ODYSSEUS2
γλαυκῶπιςGREY-EYED · ATHENA51
νεφεληγερέταCLOUD-GATHERER · ZEUS8
ῥοδοδάκτυλοςROSY-FINGERED · DAWN22
πολύτροπος — THE WORD THE WHOLE ODYSSEY OPENS ON — OCCURS EXACTLY TWICE (1.1, 10.330).
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WHO IS ON STAGE
lines naming each character, per book of the Odyssey · row-scaled ink · the Apologoi bracket marks the four books Odysseus narrates
who is on stage
TELEMACHUS CARRIES 1–4 THEN VANISHES FOR TEN BOOKS; PENELOPE IS SILENT FROM 5 TO 15; CIRCE AND CALYPSO EACH OWN THEIR ISLAND AND NOTHING ELSE.
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WHO GETS THE FLOOR
speeches whose tag line names the speaker, attributed by grep · a count of speeches, not of lines spoken
who gets the floor
ODYSSEUS76
TELEMACHUS51
PENELOPE28
ATHENA26
EUMAEUS16
ANTINOUS13
EURYCLEIA13
MENELAUS8
ZEUS6
EURYMACHUS6
NESTOR6
ALCINOUS4
CALYPSO1
CIRCE1
255 SPEECHES WHOSE TAG LINE NAMES THE SPEAKER. A TAG-LINE COUNT, NOT A SHARE OF LINES — BOOKS 9–12 ARE ONE UNBROKEN ODYSSEUS SPEECH FOUR BOOKS LONG.
EUMAEUS IS THE ONLY ONE HOMER ADDRESSES DIRECTLY: “THEN YOU ANSWERED HIM, SWINEHERD EUMAEUS.”
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THE WORD HOARD
tokens, distinct word-forms, and the hapax share — more than half of the poem's forms are used exactly once
the word hoard
ODYSSEY — 87,189 WORDS IN 12,107 LINES
WORDS87,189
DISTINCT FORMS17,444 — HATCHED 56% USED EXACTLY ONCE
MORE THAN HALF OF THE POEM’S WORD-FORMS ARE HAPAX — SPOKEN ONCE IN THE WHOLE EPIC AND NEVER AGAIN. THE FORMULAS REPEAT SO THE VOCABULARY DOESN’T HAVE TO.
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THE DAWN CLOCK
every ῥοδοδάκτυλος at its true position in the poem · 20 full day-opening formulas, two exceptions · one dawn withheld by Athena at 23.241
the dawn clock
EVERY LINE CONTAINING ῥοδοδάκτυλος, AT ITS TRUE POSITION IN THE POEM. SOLID: THE FULL DAY-OPENING FORMULA. BOOK 9 — THE CYCLOPS — TICKS FIVE DAWNS, THE POEM’S DENSEST STRETCH; A SEVENTH OF THE POEM PASSES BETWEEN 19.428 AND THE HELD DAWN AT 23.241.
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THE SURVIVING TONGUE
a survival curve for the poem's word-forms, not a comprehension score · 100% as sung · 59% alive by Plato · 54% alive today — the break predates Plato, not the Middle Ages
the surviving tongue
SHARE OF THE POEM’S RUNNING WORD-FORMS STILL ALIVE IN THE ERA’S EVERYDAY GREEK — A VOCABULARY SURVIVAL CURVE, NOT A COMPREHENSION SCORE
STILL CURRENT — IN MODERN SUBTITLE GREEKCLASSICAL PROSE, SINCE LOSTEPIC ONLY
BY RUNNING TEXT — 81,607 WORDS (ELIDED FRAGMENTS δʼ, τʼ EXCLUDED)
BY DISTINCT FORMS — 16,120
E.G.
ὀδυσσεύς 256×
ἔπειτα 166×
πάντα 155×
πολλὰ 146×
αὐτὸς 146×
E.G.
θυμὸν 101×
φίλον 92×
ἀχαιῶν 55×
χερσὶν 50×
ἔπειτ 49×
E.G.
αὐτὰρ 409×
ἀθήνη 118×
γαῖαν 111×
προσέφη 96×
προσέειπε 75×
WHAT IS COUNTED: SURFACE FORMS, DIACRITICS FOLDED. “ALIVE TODAY” = OCCURS ≥5× IN A MODERN GREEK SUBTITLE CORPUS; “ALIVE IN CLASSICAL GREEK” = THAT, PLUS EVERY FORM ATTESTED IN ≥2 OF FIVE ATTIC PROSE AUTHORS — WORDS DON’T RESURRECT, SO A FORM ALIVE TODAY WAS ALIVE IN ANTIQUITY. THE POEM’S OWN ERA SCORES 100% BY DEFINITION. ELIDED FRAGMENTS (δʼ, τʼ — 6% OF THE POEM) ARE EXCLUDED AS UNCLASSIFIABLE. SENSITIVITY: COUNTING ONLY WORDS OF ≥4 LETTERS, WHERE PARTICLE HOMOGRAPHS CAN’T INFLATE THE MATCH, THE CURVE READS 100% → 42% → 36% — THE SHAPE SURVIVES EVERY CUT.
WHAT IS NOT CLAIMED: THAT A READER UNDERSTANDS 54% OF HOMER. SURVIVING FORMS ARE HEAVY IN PARTICLES AND HOMOGRAPHS, AND A SENTENCE NEEDS FAR MORE THAN HALF ITS WORDS — UNTRAINED MODERN READERS GET THE ODYSSEY IN TRANSLATION. THE ARROW POINTS THE OTHER WAY TOO: ATHENS READ HIM FLUENTLY OVER 41% DEAD VOCABULARY, BECAUSE HOMER WAS THE SCHOOL TEXT — MEMORIZED, WITH GLOSSARIES (γλῶσσαι) FOR THE RESIDUE. SCHOOLING CARRIED THE POEM; THE LANGUAGE HAD ALREADY MOVED ON BEFORE PLATO, AND HAS BARELY MOVED SINCE.
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THE TWO DEATHS
death rate per grammatical ending, dead-by-Plato vs dead-today · the epic case system died in antiquity; the infinitive died alone on the road to Modern Greek
the two deaths
FIRST DEATH — THE EPIC CASE SYSTEM, GONE BEFORE PLATO
-οιοEPIC GENITIVE · 730 TOKENS98%DEAD BY PLATO98%DEAD TODAY
-οισι(ν)EPIC DATIVE PLURAL · 1,025 TOKENS99%DEAD BY PLATO99%DEAD TODAY
-ῃσι(ν)EPIC DATIVE PLURAL, FEM. · 376 TOKENS97%DEAD BY PLATO100%DEAD TODAY
-εσσι(ν)EPIC DATIVE PLURAL · 436 TOKENS93%DEAD BY PLATO93%DEAD TODAY
-φι(ν)INSTRUMENTAL · 56 TOKENS100%DEAD BY PLATO100%DEAD TODAY
-έμεν(αι)EPIC INFINITIVE · 319 TOKENS100%DEAD BY PLATO100%DEAD TODAY
SECOND DEATH — MODERN GREEK ABOLISHED THE INFINITIVE
THE GAP BETWEEN THE BARS IS THE SECOND WAVE: ALIVE IN ATTIC, REPLACED BY να-CLAUSES SINCE.
-σθαιINFINITIVE · 545 TOKENS74%DEAD BY PLATO93%DEAD TODAY
-εινINFINITIVE · 367 TOKENS71%DEAD BY PLATO86%DEAD TODAY
CONTROL — ORDINARY ENDINGS, ORDINARY ATTRITION
-οςNOMINATIVE SINGULAR · 5,437 TOKENS · CONTROL47%DEAD BY PLATO48%DEAD TODAY
-η / -αFIRST DECLENSION · 11,347 TOKENS · CONTROL38%DEAD BY PLATO40%DEAD TODAY
SURVIVORS · 2,900 YEARS
ὀδυσσεύς ODYSSEUS · 256×
ἀλλὰ BUT · 245×
πάντα EVERYTHING · 155×
αὐτὸς HIMSELF · 146×
θεοὶ GODS · 104×
πατὴρ FATHER · 49×
θαλάσσης OF THE SEA · 56×
ὕδωρ WATER · 44×
CASUALTIES
αὐτὰρ BUT THEN — THE EPIC CONNECTIVE · 409×
νῆα SHIP · 100×
ὄφρα SO THAT · 103×
προσέφη SPOKE TO · 96×
αἰεὶ ALWAYS · 79×
ἀπαμειβόμενος ANSWERING · 71×
πτερόεντα WINGED · 59×
αἶψα QUICKLY · 59×
DEATH RATES ARE SUFFIX-MATCHED ON FOLDED FORMS AGAINST THE SAME LEXICONS AS FIG 0.3.8, SO A 3SG VERB IN -ησι RIDES WITH THE DATIVES — AT THESE RATES IT DOESN’T MATTER. SOMETIMES ONLY THE CASE DIED, NOT THE WORD: θυμός LIVES WHILE θυμόν FELL — MODERN GREEK DROPPED THE ACCUSATIVE’S FINAL -ν. WORD LISTS ARE THE TOP OF EACH FATE’S FREQUENCY TABLE, HAND-FILTERED FOR HOMOGRAPH FRAUD (δῖος “GODLIKE” ONLY “SURVIVES” BY MATCHING MODERN Διός, “OF ZEUS” — NOT COUNTED).
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THE ACTUAL VOCABULARY
the same survival question at three depths · surface forms 54% alive, content words by headword 76%, the dictionary itself 43% — the deaths live in the inflections and the rare tail
the actual vocabulary
SURFACE FORMS · RUNNING TEXT
THE SPELLING ON THE PAGE, AS IN FIG 0.3.8 — 81,607 WORDS
59.3%ALIVE IN CLASSICAL GREEK53.9%ALIVE TODAYDICTIONARY WORDS · RUNNING TEXT
CONTENT WORDS COUNTED BY HEADWORD — 69,192 TOKENS CARRYING A LEMMA
82.3%ALIVE IN CLASSICAL GREEK75.7%ALIVE TODAYDICTIONARY WORDS · THE DICTIONARY
EACH HEADWORD COUNTED ONCE — 4,930 DISTINCT LEMMAS
48.5%ALIVE IN CLASSICAL GREEK42.6%ALIVE TODAYREALLY DEAD — NO DESCENDANT
ναῦς SHIP · 403×
ὄφρα SO THAT · 159×
πρόσφημι TO ADDRESS · 115×
προσαυδάω TO SPEAK TO · 88×
αἶψα QUICKLY · 77×
ἐσθλός NOBLE · 73×
βροτός MORTAL · 69×
συβώτης SWINEHERD · 69×
δαίς THE FEAST · 65×
θοός SWIFT · 71×
RESHAPED, NOT DEAD
μνηστήρ → μνηστήρας SUITOR · 232×
ἐθέλω → θέλω TO WANT · 134×
γίγνομαι → γίνομαι TO BECOME · 101×
τίθημι → θέτω TO SET · 163×
THE DICTIONARY FORM MOVED; THE WORD IS FINE. THESE SIT IN THE “DEAD” COLUMN OF ANY NAIVE MATCH — THE LEMMA NUMBERS ABOVE ARE FLOORS.
LEMMAS FROM THE GCELANO LEMMATIZATION (79% OF TOKENS CARRY ONE; THE REST ARE CLOSED-CLASS PARTICLES). MODERN INVENTORY = HUNSPELL el_GR + THE SUBTITLE CORPUS; CLASSICAL = THAT, PLUS LEMMAS IN ≥2 OF FOUR LEMMATIZED ATTIC AUTHORS. THE HEADLINE: THREE OF EVERY FOUR CONTENT WORDS HOMER USES ARE DICTIONARY WORDS A GREEK STILL OWNS — WHAT DIED IS THE GRAMMAR (FIG 0.3.9) AND THE RARE TAIL. THE BIGGEST TRUE DEATH IS THE POEM’S CENTRAL OBJECT: ναῦς, THE SHIP.
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FALSE FRIENDS
words a modern Greek reads on sight and gets wrong · the guest became a foreigner, the gods became demons, the table became a bank
false friends
SAME WORD, NEW MEANING
ξεῖνος225 LINES · OD. 1.105HOMER · GUEST-FRIEND — THE PERSON HOSPITALITY PROTECTSTODAY · ξένος: STRANGER, FOREIGNER
μῦθος107 LINES · OD. 1.273HOMER · A THING SAIDTODAY · A MYTH — A STORY THAT ISN’T TRUE
δαίμων52 LINES · OD. 2.134HOMER · A GOD — ATHENA QUALIFIESTODAY · δαίμονας: A DEMON
ἀγαθός38 LINES · OD. 1.43HOMER · NOBLE, BRAVE — THE HERO’S EPITHETTODAY · GULLIBLE, A SIMPLETON
τράπεζα32 LINES · OD. 1.111HOMER · THE TABLE GUESTS EAT ATTODAY · A BANK
φάρμακον17 LINES · OD. 1.261HOMER · CIRCE’S WORD: DRUG, POISON, CHARMTODAY · φάρμακο: MEDICINE
ἀγορή153 LINES · OD. 1.90HOMER · THE ASSEMBLY, WHERE SPEECHES HAPPENTODAY · αγορά: THE MARKET, SHOPPING
ὥρη15 LINES · OD. 3.334HOMER · SEASON, THE RIGHT TIMETODAY · ώρα: HOUR — AND ὡραῖος, “RIPE,” BECAME “BEAUTIFUL”
THE WORD DIED — ITS SUCCESSOR HAS A STORY
οἶνος127 LINES · OD. 1.110HOMER · WINE — MARON’S, MIXED 1:20TODAY · κρασί, FROM κρᾶσις, “THE MIXING”: WINE NAMED AFTER ITS DILUTION
ὕδωρ62 LINES · OD. 1.110HOMER · WATERTODAY · νερό, FROM νεαρόν ὕδωρ “FRESH WATER” — THE ADJECTIVE ATE THE NOUN
ἵππος65 LINES · OD. 3.17HOMER · HORSETODAY · άλογο — “THE SPEECHLESS ONE”
δμώς80 LINES · OD. 1.147HOMER · THE PALACE SLAVETODAY · THE WORD DIED; ANCIENT δουλεία “SLAVERY” LIVES ON AS δουλειά — “YOUR JOB”
ὀφθαλμός59 LINES · OD. 1.69HOMER · THE EYE — MOST FAMOUSLY THE CYCLOPS’STODAY · μάτι (FROM ὀμμάτιον); ὀφθαλμός RETREATED TO THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST
AND ONE THAT NEVER MOVED
τυρός5 LINES · OD. 4.88HOMER · CHEESE — MOST FAMOUSLY THE CYCLOPS’STODAY · τυρί — STILL ON EVERY TABLE
LINE COUNTS AND FIRST CITATIONS ARE GREP-DERIVED FROM THE CORPUS (STEM-MATCHED, SO ἀγορή CARRIES ἀγορεύω WITH IT); THE MEANINGS ARE THE EDITORIAL LAYER. THE POEM’S MORAL VOCABULARY FARED WORST: THE GUEST BECAME A FOREIGNER, THE NOBLE BECAME A FOOL, THE GODS BECAME DEMONS — AND THE ASSEMBLY BECAME THE MALL.
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THE VIOLENCE LEDGER
every act of violence and rape in the poem's events, perpetrator → victim, pinned to its line · 721 counted dead · the return fire of 108 suitors: two grazes
the violence ledger
721 COUNTED DEAD, PLUS THE UNNUMBERED CICONES · BAR √-SCALED TO THE DEAD · KILLING · RAPE · BLOWS, MISSES, HALTS
BEFORE THE POEM THE BOAR HUNT — THE FLASHBACK AT 19.393–4660 DEAD
19.449THE BOAR → YOUNG ODYSSEUSGORED ABOVE THE KNEE; THE BOAR SPEARED IN TURN — THE SCAR THAT NAMES HIMNO DEAD
THE WANDERINGS BOOKS 5–12 · GODS AND MONSTERS — NO HUMAN KILLS A HUMAN ON STAGE599 DEAD
5.155CALYPSO → ODYSSEUSνύκτας ἀνάγκῃ, οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐθελούσῃ — UNWILLING BESIDE THE WILLING; THE POET SAYS SORAPESEVEN YEARS
5.291POSEIDON → ODYSSEUSTHE RAFT SMASHED; TWO DAYS IN THE SEANO DEAD
9.40ODYSSEUS & CREW → THE CICONESISMARUS SACKED, THE MEN KILLED, THE WOMEN ENSLAVED — THE VOYAGE OPENS AS AGGRESSORDEAD UNNUMBERED
9.60THE CICONES → THE CREWTHE COUNTER-ATTACK — SIX FROM EVERY SHIP72 DEAD
9.289POLYPHEMUS → THE CREWEATEN, TWO AT A TIME, OVER THREE MEALS6 DEAD
9.383ODYSSEUS & CREW → POLYPHEMUSTHE OLIVE STAKE THROUGH THE EYE — POSEIDON’S GRUDGE STARTS HERENO DEAD
10.124THE LAESTRYGONIANS → THE FLEETELEVEN SHIPS STONED IN THE HARBOUR, THE MEN SPEARED LIKE FISH484 DEAD
10.239CIRCE → THE CREWTURNED TO PIGS — THE ONE VIOLENCE THAT IS REVERSEDNO DEAD
10.347CIRCE → ODYSSEUSREFUSAL BARRED (10.297), THE CREW AS RANSOM, A SAFETY OATH EXTRACTED FIRSTRAPE
10.559ELPENOR → HIMSELFDRUNK, OFF CIRCE’S ROOF — THE ONE ACCIDENT1 DEAD
12.246SCYLLA → THE CREWSNATCHED OFF THE DECK, ONE MAN PER HEAD6 DEAD
12.415ZEUS → THE LAST SHIPONE THUNDERBOLT, FOR THE CATTLE OF THE SUN — ODYSSEUS ALONE SURVIVES30 DEAD
THE OCCUPATION BOOKS 4–20 · THE ESCALATION AGAINST THE BEGGAR0 DEAD
4.670THE SUITORS → TELEMACHUSTHE AMBUSH AT SEA — THE POEM’S ONE PLANNED MURDER; HE SAILS PAST ITFAILS
22.37THE SUITORS → THE LOYAL SERVING WOMENβιαίως — BY FORCE, IN ODYSSEUS’S INDICTMENT; VICTIMS AMONG THE 38, NOT THE TWELVERAPETHE OCCUPATION YEARS
17.233MELANTHIUS → ODYSSEUSTHE KICK ON THE ROAD — FIRST BLOW AGAINST THE BEGGARNO DEAD
17.462ANTINOUS → ODYSSEUSFOOTSTOOL — HITS THE RIGHT SHOULDERNO DEAD
18.96ODYSSEUS → IRUSTHE STAGED BOXING MATCH — NECK CRUSHED UNDER THE EAR, AND THE PUNCH WAS PULLEDNO DEAD
18.396EURYMACHUS → ODYSSEUSFOOTSTOOL — MISSES, HITS THE CUPBEARER’S HANDFAILS
20.299CTESIPPUS → ODYSSEUSOX-HOOF — MISSES, HITS THE WALL; REPAID BY NAME IN BOOK 22FAILS
THE RECKONING BOOK 22 · ONE MORNING, ONE ROOM121 DEAD
22.15ODYSSEUS → ANTINOUSTHE FIRST ARROW — THROUGH THE THROAT, MID-DRINK, NO WARNING1 DEAD
22.82ODYSSEUS → EURYMACHUSRESTITUTION OFFERED, REFUSED — ARROW IN THE LIVER1 DEAD
22.92TELEMACHUS → AMPHINOMUSTHE DECENT SUITOR, HELD TO HIS DOOM BY ATHENA — SPEARED FROM BEHIND1 DEAD
22.277THE SUITORS → THE DEFENDERSTHE RETURN FIRE OF 108 MEN, ENTIRE: TWO GRAZES — A WRIST, A SHOULDERNO DEAD
22.302THE FOUR → THE SUITOR CLASSTHE MELEE, UNDER THE AEGIS — NO SUITOR LEAVES THE ROOM104 DEAD
22.329ODYSSEUS → LEODESVOUCHED INNOCENT BY THE POET — BEHEADED MID-PLEA; INNOCENCE NO DEFENCE1 DEAD
22.471TELEMACHUS & THE HERDSMEN → THE TWELVE WOMENHANGED FOR TREASON (λάθρῃ), NOT FOR THE SUITORS’ FORCE — 38 OF 50 SPARED12 DEAD
22.475THE HERDSMEN → MELANTHIUSNOSE, EARS, GENITALS, HANDS, FEET — THE POEM’S WORST, ON A MALE SLAVE, THE NEXT LINE1 DEAD
THE AFTERMATH BOOK 241 DEAD
24.469THE SUITORS’ KIN → THE HOUSEHOLDEUPEITHES LEADS THE FATHERS OUT FOR VENGEANCEFAILS
24.523LAERTES → EUPEITHESTHE LAST KILL — THE GRANDFATHER SPEARS THE FATHER OF THE FIRST MAN SHOT1 DEAD
24.530ATHENA → ALL COMBATANTS“THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM ALL” (24.528) — THE WAR STOPPED BY A SHOUT AND A BOLTSTOPPED
WHAT IS COUNTED · ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND RAPE IN THE POEM'S OWN EVENTS, ANCHORED TO THE LINE WHERE EACH HAPPENS. TALES TOLD INSIDE THE POEM (AGAMEMNON, TROY) AND UNACTED THREATS ARE OUT. DEATH COUNTS ARE THE SAME NUMBERS FIGS 1.1.2–1.1.5 STATE, ASSERTED EQUAL AT BUILD.
THE SHAPE · THE VOYAGE OPENS WITH ODYSSEUS AS AGGRESSOR; THE FIRST HALF IS GODS AND MONSTERS EATING MORTALS; BOOK 22 IS 108 SUITORS DEAD AGAINST TWO GRAZES. THE RAPE ROWS' VICTIMS ARE ODYSSEUS AND THE LOYAL WOMEN — THE TWELVE APPEAR ONLY IN THE PUNISHMENT ROWS, WHERE THE POEM'S OWN CHARGE (λάθρῃ, 22.445) PUTS THEM.
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THE TWO CLOCKS
every dawn formula and every counted death on one spine of 12,107 lines · composition of fig. 0.3.7fig. 0.3.7 — the dawn clock, with one dawn held back and fig. 0.3.12fig. 0.3.12 — violence and rape, done by whom to whom · nothing re-counted
the two clocks
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THE PLACES: ITHACA
live terrain, ray-marched in-page from the copernicus 30 m elevation model · scripts/homer-places-build.py · the view opens from the south, over the strait
the places: ithaca
ITHACA FROM THE SOUTH — TWO MOUNTAIN LOBES JOINED AT THE AETOS ISTHMUS, NERITON BEHIND, CEPHALONIA'S FLANK ACROSS THE STRAIT. τρηχεῖʼ, ἀλλʼ ἀγαθὴ κουροτρόφος (9.27): ROUGH, BUT A GOOD NURSE OF MEN.
DRAG TO SWING THE VIEW — THE TERRAIN MOVES ONLY UNDER YOUR HAND.
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THE PLACES: CIRCE'S ISLAND
same model, same pen · why a cape reads as an island: the plain behind it never clears the horizon of a deck-height eye
the places: circe's island
MONTE CIRCEO FROM THE SEA — 541 M STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WATER, THE PONTINE PLAIN DEAD FLAT BEHIND IT, THE LEPINI ON THE HORIZON. FROM A SHIP'S DECK IT READS AS AN ISLAND — Αἰαίην δʼ ἐς νῆσον ἀφικόμεθʼ (10.135) — AND THE TRADITION PUT CIRCE HERE.
DRAG TO SWING THE VIEW — THE TERRAIN MOVES ONLY UNDER YOUR HAND.
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