Explained vocabulary

Rim — ἄντυξ

ἄντυξ

antyx

In the appended Ares hymn, blazing steeds travel above the third rim or circuit at LXXXVIII.8.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
rim; curved circuit; orbital circle

Meaning

In the appended Ares hymn, blazing steeds travel above the third rim or circuit at LXXXVIII.8. The curved-boundary word participates in an astral chariot image. Its concrete rim sense remains useful, but the line’s celestial setting prevents reducing it to an ordinary vehicle part alone.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἄντυγος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.8

Lexical references

LSJ ἄντυξ (n10800)