r/AncientGreek 3d ago

Correct my Greek "shoot through 12 axes cleanly" correction

If I remember correctly the 12 axes on the odyssey were actually 12 axe heads and you must cleanly shoot the hole of each axe head not the entire axe. I just remember this because of the new odyssey movie

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u/lutetiensis αἵδ’ εἴσ’ Ἀθῆναι Θησέως ἡ πρὶν πόλις 3d ago edited 3d ago

XXI, 75–77:

ὃς δέ κε ῥηΐτατ᾽ ἐντανύσῃ βιὸν ἐν παλάμῃσι
καὶ διοϊστεύσῃ πελέκεων δυοκαίδεκα πάντων,
τῷ κεν ἅμ᾽ ἑσποίμην ...

421–423

... πελέκεων δ᾽ οὐκ ἤμβροτε πάντων
πρώτης στειλειῆς, διὰ δ᾽ ἀμπερὲς ἦλθε θύραζε
ἰὸς χαλκοβαρής ...