SKALD Pindemonte · 1822 All analyses Translation Atlas Reader’s guide

Italian · Verse · Italian blank verse / hendecasyllables

Ippolito Pindemonte

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

Atlas edition year: 1822 · Statistics corpus year: 1822 · All 24 books

107,050words
14,353distinct word forms
0.1341vocabulary variety (distinct ÷ total)
22.92average sentence length
Pindemonte compared with other unrhymed or accentual verse translations Copper bars show this translation; pale bars show the peer median for four surface-form metrics. Pindemonte Peer median Words 107,050 median 116,577.5 Distinct word forms 14,353 median 7,649.5 Vocabulary variety 0.1341 median 0.0657 Average sentence length 22.92 median 24.30

Comparison basis: other unrhymed or accentual verse translations (4 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.

  1. “se non che” 21 occurrences · Od. 2.39 and 3.141
  2. “qua e là” 20 occurrences · Od. 1.80 and 2.224
  3. “d ulisse il” 19 occurrences · Od. 1.280 and 2.267
  4. “in su la” 19 occurrences · Od. 1.325 and 2.267
  5. “in tal guisa” 17 occurrences · Od. 1.125 and 2.177
  6. “e a me” 16 occurrences · Od. 3.51 and 3.371
  7. “e a cui” 15 occurrences · Od. 1.80 and 6.162
  8. “a un tempo” 14 occurrences · Od. 1.125 and 3.51
  9. “del mattin la” 14 occurrences · Od. 2.1 and 3.371
  10. “e a lui” 14 occurrences · Od. 1.280 and 2.1

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 3%
  • ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθα καθεῦδε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
    Greek line · Od. 6.1
    LIBRO SESTO ARGOMENTO. Pallade va nell’isola de’ Feaci, ed appare in sogno a Nausica,
    Translation passage · Od. 6.1 · nearby words: appare, argomento, feaci, isola
  • κήδετο οἰκήων, οὓς κτήσατο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς.
    Greek line · Od. 14.4
    false avventure. Sagrifizio d’Euméo, e cena. Sopravvenuta una notte fredda, e
    Translation passage · Od. 14.4 · nearby words: avventure, cena, false, fredda
  • οὐδʼ ὕλαον προσιόντα. νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
    Greek line · Od. 16.5
    escono di quello, e si rendono in Itaca. Euméo, eseguito l’ordine, si riconduce
    Translation passage · Od. 16.5 · nearby words: escono, eseguito, ordine, quello

πεπνυμένος

pepnymenos recurring nearby word 4%
  • τὴν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·
    Greek line · Od. 1.306
    miei sermoni, Converti in opre: d’un eroe l’aspetto
    Translation passage · Od. 1.306 · nearby words: aspetto, converti, eroe, opre
  • τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·
    Greek line · Od. 16.112
    mal menati, vïolate Ahi colpa! le fantesche,
    Translation passage · Od. 16.112 · nearby words: ahi, colpa, fantesche, mal
  • ὦ φίλʼ, ἐπεὶ τόσα εἶπες, ὅσʼ ἂν πεπνυμένος ἀνὴρ
    Greek line · Od. 4.204
    solo un tale onore agl’infelici Defunti avanza, che
    Translation passage · Od. 4.204 · nearby words: agl, avanza, defunti, infelici

φίλος

philos recurring nearby word 7%
  • ἀργυρόπεζα Θέτις· μάλα γὰρ φίλος ἦσθα θεοῖσιν.
    Greek line · Od. 24.92
    il campo al fior dell’oste Giuochi propose. Io molte
    Translation passage · Od. 24.92 · nearby words: campo, fior, giuochi, molte
  • ὤρνυτʼ ἄρʼ ἐξ εὐνῆφιν Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱὸς
    Greek line · Od. 2.2
    il più temerario, ritorce l’accusa contra la madre, e vuole, ch’ei la constringa di scegliersi un nuovo marito tra essi, mercecchè il ritorno
    Translation passage · Od. 2.2 · nearby words: accusa, constringa, contra, essi
  • Αἴολος Ἱπποτάδης, φίλος ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν,
    Greek line · Od. 10.2
    non compresovi zefiro, son rinchiusi. I compagni sciolgono l’otre; e i venti ne scappano, e riportano Ulisse
    Translation passage · Od. 10.2 · nearby words: compresovi, otre, rinchiusi, riportano

τόξον

toxon recurring nearby word 5%
  • τὰς ἐρέων Ὀδυσῆϊ συνήντετο, δῶκε δὲ τόξον,
    Greek line · Od. 21.31
    Tolse iniquo la vita, e le giumente Dalla forte
    Translation passage · Od. 21.31 · nearby words: forte, giumente, iniquo, tolse
  • τόξον μνηστήρεσσι θέμεν πολιόν τε σίδηρον
    Greek line · Od. 21.3
    egli stesso pruovasi il primo, pensando di ritenere in casa, se il giuoco gli riesce, la madre: ma in sul più bello
    Translation passage · Od. 21.3 · nearby words: bello, giuoco, pensando, primo
  • πολλοὺς γὰρ τόδε τόξον ἀριστῆας κεκαδήσει
    Greek line · Od. 21.153
    piedi, tentò il grave arco, e nol tese: Chè sentì
    Translation passage · Od. 21.153 · nearby words: grave, nol, piedi, sentì

συβώτης

sybōtēs recurring nearby word 6%
  • Ἀμφιμέδοντα δὲ Τηλέμαχος, Πόλυβον δὲ συβώτης·
    Greek line · Od. 22.284
    mendicava, festi. Alla zampa del bue l’asta rispose.
    Translation passage · Od. 22.284 · nearby words: asta, bue, festi, mendicava
  • καλή τε μεγάλη τε, περίδρομος· ἥν ῥα συβώτης
    Greek line · Od. 14.7
    in un’aspra Strada, e per gioghi, e per silvestri lochi, Là si rivolse, dove Palla
    Translation passage · Od. 14.7 · nearby words: aspra, gioghi, lochi, palla
  • ἀντίθεοι μνηστῆρες, ἐπεὶ προΐαλλε συβώτης
    Greek line · Od. 14.18
    Madri feconde ricevean ciascuna. I maschj dormian
    Translation passage · Od. 14.18 · nearby words: ciascuna, dormian, feconde, madri

Statistical comparison

Against its siblings

Pindemonte’s Italian blank verse became a long-lived national reference point, with musical hendecasyllables and an opening that the atlas identifies as especially memorable. The corpus contains 107050 words and 14353 distinct word forms. Its score-ranked formula list begins with “se non che,” recorded 21 times; this first position does not mean it has the highest raw count. For scale within other unrhymed or accentual verse translations, Cowper contains 115040 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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