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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- ethereal; of the upper sky
Meaning
Ouranos and Nature are both described as ethereal alongside chthonic or sea-related powers; Zeus’s lightning-flash is ethereal at XIX.2. The adjective locates or characterizes their reach rather than directly naming the substance Aither. At IV.5 the apparatus attributes printed αἰθέριος to Schenkl against οὐράνιος, “heavenly,” a related but distinct adjective.
Places to read
- Hymn IV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰθερίη; αἰθέριος; αἰθερίου
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. IV.5; X.14; XIX.2