Explained vocabulary

Fire-ranging, dwelling in fire — ἐμπυρίφοιτος

ἐμπυρίφοιτος

empyriphoitos

The Prayer includes fire-ranging daimones after earthly and under-earth powers (Prayer.33).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fire-ranging, dwelling in fire

Meaning

The Prayer includes fire-ranging daimones after earthly and under-earth powers (Prayer.33). The adjective places these powers in a fiery sphere. Its plural ἐμπυριφοίτους belongs under ἐμπυρίφοιτος, not an otherwise unsupported agent noun.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 33Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐμπυριφοίτους

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.33

Consequential readings

AV002_04

Lexical references

LSJ ἐμπυρίφοιτος (n34567)