Explained vocabulary

Heavy upon the chariot — βρισάρματος

βρισάρματος

brisarmatos

The appended Ares hymn opens with this weighty martial epithet beside overmastering strength and a golden helmet (LXXXVIII.1).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
heavy upon the chariot

Meaning

The appended Ares hymn opens with this weighty martial epithet beside overmastering strength and a golden helmet (LXXXVIII.1). Its chariot image belongs to the added hymn’s armed portrait, not to the core Ares hymn’s vocabulary.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

βρισάρματε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.1

Lexical references

LSJ βρισάρματος (n20997)