From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- kindling, enlivening spark
Meaning
Aither is kindling for all living beings (V.3). The airy portion of nourishment bears the same designation in Pan’s hymn (XI.16). The fire-image makes animation or sustaining stimulus vivid without requiring a literal flame inside every organism.
Places to read
- Hymn V · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔναυσμα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. V.3; XI.16