Explained vocabulary

Ground, floor — δάπεδον

δάπεδον

dapedon

The Pythian ground is the place of Themis’s rule and oracular action (LXXIX.5).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
ground, floor

Meaning

The Pythian ground is the place of Themis’s rule and oracular action (LXXIX.5). Floor is the edition’s spatial rendering; the noun need not imply the interior flooring of a specified building.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXIX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

δαπέδῳ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXIX.5

Lexical references

LSJ δάπεδον (n23455)