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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- thunderous, of thunder
Meaning
Thunder characterizes Zeus directly (XV.9), the fiery and watery Clouds (XXI.3), and the sudden divine shaft in XIX.9. The adjective can attach to the agent, the weather-bearing powers or the weapon; it does not always name a separate thunder deity.
Places to read
- Hymn XV · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βρονταῖαι; βρονταῖε; βρονταῖον
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XV.9; XIX.9; XXI.3