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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- whirling motion
Meaning
Helios drives his track in endless rotary whirlings (VIII.7); the thunderbolt rushes in whirlings of boundless noise (XIX.10). Rotation serves both ordered celestial movement and violent impact, with the neighbouring nouns determining the contrast.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δινεύμασι; δινεύμασιν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VIII.7; XIX.10