From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- dark, murky
Meaning
Tethys is mother of dark clouds as well as Kypris (XXII.7). The adjective describes the clouds’ appearance within a generative account of the sea, not an ethical darkness.
Places to read
- Hymn XXII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐρεβεννῶν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXII.7