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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- whirl
Meaning
Nature whirls a swift current in an ever-flowing eddy (X.22), acting on what moves. Protogonos is himself whirled throughout the cosmos on beating wings (VI.7). The latter aorist passive form belongs to the related δινέω inflection and should not erase the difference between causing motion and undergoing it.
Places to read
- Hymn VI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δινεύουσα; δινηθεὶς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VI.7; X.22
Other access forms
δινέω