Citations:ῥοδοδάκτυλος

Ancient Greek citations of ῥοδοδάκτυλος (rhododáktulos)

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.175:

  ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ δεκάτη ἐφάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠὼς

  all’ hóte dḕ dekátē ephánē rhododáktulos Ēṑs

  But when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared the tenth time

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.707:

  αὐτὰρ ἐπεί κε φανῇ καλὴ ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,

  autàr epeí ke phanêi kalḕ rhododáktulos Ēṓs,

  But when rosy-fingered Dawn appears beautifully,

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.109–110:

  μυρομένοισι δὲ τοῖσι φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠὼς
  ἀμφὶ νέκυν ἐλεεινόν.

  muroménoisi dè toîsi phánē rhododáktulos Ēṑs
  amphì nékun eleeinón.

  and rosy-fingered Dawn appeared to them as they wept
  around the forlorn body.

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.121:

  ὣς μὲν ὅτ’ Ὠρίων’ ἕλετο ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,
  τόφρα οἱ ἠγάασθε θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες,

  hṑs mèn hót’ Ōríōn’ héleto rhododáktulos Ēṓs,
  tóphra hoi ēgáasthe theoì rheîa zṓontes,

  Thus when rosy-fingered Dawn took Orion for herself,
  then you gods who live easily resented her

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.241:

  καί νύ κ’ ὀδυρομένοισι φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,

  kaí nú k’ oduroménoisi phánē rhododáktulos Ēṓs,

  And now rosy-fingered Dawn appeared to them as they lamented.

The line ἦμος δ' ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς ("When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared early-born") appears twice in the Iliad and 20 times in the Odyssey: Iliad 1.477 24.788; Odyssey 2.1, 3.404, 3.491, 4.306, 4.431, 4.576, 5.228, 8.1, 9.152, 9.170, 9.307, 9.437, 9.560, 10.187, 12.8, 12.316, 13.18, 15.189, 17.1, 19.428.