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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- eddy, circling motion
Meaning
The noun links heavenly and celebratory movement. Ouranos travels in rotary whirlings (IV.4), Stars wheel in fiery eddies (VII.4), and euhoi-criers circle Demeter’s throne (XL.15). The shared circular image is explicit; identical choreography or a single physical mechanism is not.
Places to read
- Hymn IV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δίναις; δίνῃσι; δίνῃσιν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. IV.4; VII.4; XL.15