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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- flash; lighten
Meaning
Zeus actively flashes radiance in XIX.2 and XX.3; Herakles flashes with primordial bolts at XII.10. The participles make their divine bearers the flashing agents, not merely objects lit from outside. The shorter printed forms στράπτων and στράψας belong with ἀστράπτω for lookup.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀστράπτοντα; στράπτων; στράψας
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XII.10; XIX.2; XX.3
Other access forms
στράπτω