Explained vocabulary

In the air, aerial — ἐναέριος

ἐναέριος

enaerios

The immortals fly in the air alongside their possession of sea and earth (XXV.8).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
in the air, aerial

Meaning

The immortals fly in the air alongside their possession of sea and earth (XXV.8). The printed ἐνηέριοι is an expanded form of this adjective and locates movement in a cosmic region, rather than describing a special material from which the gods are made.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXV · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐνηέριοί

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXV.8

Lexical references

LSJ ἐναέριος (n34741)