Swedish · Verse · Dactylic hexameter

Erland Lagerlöf

A surface-form portrait of this Odyssey: corpus scale, recurring wording, line-window variation around Greek forms, and a comparison with other hexameter verse translations.

Atlas edition year: 1908 · Statistics corpus year: 1908 · All 24 books

122,053words

11,031distinct word forms

0.0904vocabulary variety (distinct ÷ total)

28.42average sentence length

Comparison basis: other hexameter verse translations (6 peers). Each metric has its own scale. Cross-language style-group values are descriptive only.

Repeated wording

The translator’s formulas

The ten repeated phrases of three to six words that rank highest when we multiply how often each phrase appears by its length. Overlapping phrases can describe the same recurring line.

“svarade då den” 118 occurrences · Od. 1.178 and 1.230
“telemachos svarade då den vettige yngling” 42 occurrences · Od. 1.178 and 1.230
“honom svarade då” 77 occurrences · Od. 1.44 and 1.80
“svarade då den mångförslagne ulysses” 45 occurrences · Od. 5.192 and 7.198
“svarade då den vettige yngling” 42 occurrences · Od. 1.178 and 1.230
“telemachos svarade då den vettige” 42 occurrences · Od. 1.178 and 1.230
“då den mångförslagne ulysses” 46 occurrences · Od. 5.192 and 7.198
“och med bevingade ord” 46 occurrences · Od. 1.80 and 2.267
“svarade då den mångförslagne” 45 occurrences · Od. 5.192 and 7.198
“honom telemachos svarade då den vettige” 29 occurrences · Od. 1.365 and 2.129

Line-window evidence

One Greek word, many choices

Each card follows one Greek word into three visibly different passages in this translation. The Greek line containing the word appears first, followed by the nearby passage in the translation. The listed nearby words show recurring context, not direct translations of the Greek word.

δῖος

dios recurring nearby word 10%

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τό γʼ ἄκουσε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,
Greek line · Od. 8.446
När hennes maning förnam den prövade konung Ulysses,
Translation passage · Od. 8.446 · nearby words: förnam, hennes, maning, prövade
ὣς εἰπὼν ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἐβήσετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,
Greek line · Od. 13.63
fröjd av ditt folk, dina barn och din make Alkinoos drotten!"
Translation passage · Od. 13.63 · nearby words: alkinoos, barn, dina, drotten
τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς·
Greek line · Od. 16.186
jämte de vackraste skänker av guld och oss nådigt förskona."
Translation passage · Od. 16.186 · nearby words: förskona, guld, jämte, nådigt

φίλος

philos recurring nearby word 9%

ἔνθα δʼ ἐμὸς φίλος υἱός, ἅμα κρατερὸς καὶ ἀμύμων,
Greek line · Od. 3.111
där Patroklos, hans vän, som i råd var de evigas like,
Translation passage · Od. 3.111 · nearby words: evigas, like, patroklos, råd
ὦ φίλος, οὐδέ τοι αὐτὸς ἐρύκεσθαι μενεαίνω·
Greek line · Od. 17.17
skada allenast; jag säger nu helst min uppriktiga mening."
Translation passage · Od. 17.17 · nearby words: allenast, helst, mening, skada
καὶ σύ, φίλος, μάλα γάρ σʼ ὁρόω καλόν τε μέγαν τε,
Greek line · Od. 1.301
Käre, var käck även du, som jag ser du är vuxen och fager,
Translation passage · Od. 1.301 · nearby words: fager, käck, käre, ser

τόξον

toxon recurring nearby word 30%

εἰσορόων Ὀδυσῆα. ὁ δʼ ἤδη τόξον ἐνώμα
Greek line · Od. 21.393
och gav Ulysses en blick. Re’n denne höll bågen i handen,
Translation passage · Od. 21.393 · nearby words: blick, bågen, denne, gav
νῦν μὲν παῦσαι τόξον, ἐπιτρέψαι δὲ θεοῖσιν·
Greek line · Od. 21.279
lägga å sido i dag för att låta de eviga råda:
Translation passage · Od. 21.279 · nearby words: dag, eviga, lägga, låta
πρὶν τούτους τόδε τόξον ἐΰξοον ἀμφαφόωντας
Greek line · Od. 19.586
innan de sällarnas händer få makt med hans glättade båge,
Translation passage · Od. 19.586 · nearby words: båge, glättade, händer, innan

συβώτης

sybōtēs recurring nearby word 24%

μήτʼ οὖν Λαέρτης ἴστω τό γε μήτε συβώτης
Greek line · Od. 16.302
varken Laertes må veta därom eller herden, vi gästa,
Translation passage · Od. 16.302 · nearby words: därom, gästa, herden, laertes
ἀντίθεοι μνηστῆρες, ἐπεὶ προΐαλλε συβώτης
Greek line · Od. 14.18
voro med grisar envar, men galtarna ute på marken
Translation passage · Od. 14.18 · nearby words: envar, galtarna, grisar, marken
ἔνθα οἱ ἦσαν ὕες μάλα μυρίαι, ᾗσι συβώτης
Greek line · Od. 15.556
nådde, där svinens ofantliga hop av den trogne Eumaios
Translation passage · Od. 15.556 · nearby words: eumaios, hop, nådde, ofantliga

πεπνυμένος

pepnymenos recurring nearby word 40%

τοῖσι δὲ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἤρχετο μύθων·
Greek line · Od. 1.367
Tog då Telemachos ordet bland dem, den vettige yngling:
Translation passage · Od. 1.367 · nearby words: ordet, vettige, yngling
τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·
Greek line · Od. 16.112
bara av glupande lystenhet fräckt, utan mål eller ände."
Translation passage · Od. 16.112 · nearby words: bara, fräckt, glupande, lystenhet
τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·
Greek line · Od. 16.146
sitta försjunken i sorg, medan huden på lemmarna vissnar?"
Translation passage · Od. 16.146 · nearby words: försjunken, huden, lemmarna, sitta

Statistical comparison

Against its siblings

Lagerlöf’s Swedish hexameters occupy a durable place in the atlas, later modernized and also reissued in their original form by the Swedish Academy. The corpus contains 122053 words and 11031 distinct word forms. Its score-ranked formula list begins with “svarade då den,” recorded 118 times; this first position does not mean it has the highest raw count. For scale within other hexameter verse translations, Voß contains 109003 words. The result is a clearer profile of form and corpus patterning, grounded in the stated comparison group and careful not to treat measured differences as judgments about literary success or accuracy. These measures offer a compact view of the textual evidence available here. The emphasis remains on directly observable features of the supplied corpora.

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