Explained vocabulary

Gentle — ἀγανός

ἀγανός

aganos

Eos is the messenger of a “gentle Titan” at LXXVIII.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
gentle

Meaning

Eos is the messenger of a “gentle Titan” at LXXVIII.3. The adjective belongs to the god whose messenger she is, rather than to Eos herself. Gentleness characterizes the relationship evoked in the address; it cannot identify the otherwise unnamed Titan.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀγανοῦ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVIII.3

Consequential readings

AV012_03; AV117_03

Lexical references

LSJ ἀγανός1 (n338)