Explained vocabulary

Battle-rousing — ἐγρεμάχη

ἐγρεμάχη

egremakhē

Pallas is invoked as the maiden who rouses battle (Prayer.38).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
battle-rousing

Meaning

Pallas is invoked as the maiden who rouses battle (Prayer.38). The feminine formation belongs to her address and presents her as an initiator of martial action, distinct from the speaker’s later requests for peace elsewhere.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 38Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐγρεμάχην

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.38

Lexical references

LSJ ἐγρεμάχης (n30511)