Explained vocabulary

Cast into — ἐμβάλλω

ἐμβάλλω

emballō

Zeus is asked to cast his heavy anger into the waves of the sea (XIX.18).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
cast into

Meaning

Zeus is asked to cast his heavy anger into the waves of the sea (XIX.18). The requested redirection moves threatening force away from the worshippers; the sea is the receiving destination, not the angry subject.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIX · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἔμβαλε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIX.18

Lexical references

LSJ ἐμβάλλω (n33956)