Question about The Iliad

[jackson]

What is the significance of the number 9 in The Iliad?

[Hagah]

See yourself:

ennêmar = Iliad 1.53; 6.174; 12.25; 24.107,610,664,784; Odissey 7.253; 9.82; 10.28; 12.447; 14.314.

ennéa = : Iliad 2.96,134,654; 6.174; 7.161; 16.785; 18.578; 23.173; 24.252; Odissey 3.7,8; 8.258; 9.160; 11.577; 14.248; 24.60.