From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sudden; unexpected
Meaning
The thunderbolt is sudden at XIX.9, beside thundering and invincible descriptions. Abrupt arrival contributes to its fearsome force: the epithet concerns how the bolt strikes, not merely how bright it looks. This temporal quality belongs to the same weapon elsewhere praised as holy.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰφνίδιον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIX.9