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κήρ

κήρ, doom, death, fate (LSJ Κήρ)

κήρ

κηρός, ἡ.

    • 1

      Bane, death : τό τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι Il. 1.228, κῆρʼ ἀλεείνων Il. 3.32. Cf. Il. 2.352, 859, Il. 3.360, 454, Il. 5.22, Il. 13.665, Il. 16.47, Il. 18.115, Il. 24.82, etc. : κηρὶ δαμείς Od. 3.410. Cf. Od. 2.165, 283, Od. 4.502, Od. 17.500, Od. 18.155, Od. 22.330, etc.

      So κὴρ θανάτοιο (consisting in . . . ) Il. 16.687.

    • 2

      One’s destined fate : ἐμὲ κὴρ ἀμφέχανε, ἥ περ λάχε γιγνόμενόν περ Il. 23.78.

    • 3

      Figured as a weight put in the balance and typifying death or one’s fate : ἐν δὲ τίθει δύο κῆρε θανάτοιο Od. 8.70 =Il. 22.210. Cf. Od. 8.73.

    • 4

      More or less distinctly personified as agent of death : τίς νύ σε κὴρ ἐδάμασσε θανάτοιο; Od. 11.171 = 398.

      In pl. : οὓς κῆρες φορέουσιν Od. 8.528. Cf. Il. 4.11, Il. 12.113, 402, Il. 13.283, Il. 15.287, Il. 21.565 : Od. 2.316, 352 = Od. 5.387, Od. 4.512, Od. 17.547 = Od. 19.558, Od. 22.66, Od. 23.332.

      So κῆρες θανάτοιο Il. 2.302, 834 = Il. 11.332, Il. 9.411, Il. 12.326, Il. 21.548, Il. 22.202 : Od. 14.207.

    • 5

      Fully personified : ἐν δʼ Ἔρις ἐν δὲ κυδοιμὸς ὁμίλεον, ἐν δʼ ὀλοὴ κήρ Il. 18.535.

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