From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- horse-driving
Meaning
Night is horse-driving among sleep-giving and night-gleaming titles (III.7). Helios receives the same epithet beside his light of life and eye of justice (VIII.18). The shared conveyance image crosses the opposition of night and daylight.
Places to read
- Hymn III · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐλάσιππε
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. III.7; VIII.18