Explained vocabulary

Solitude-wandering, roaming deserted places — ἐρημοπλάνος

ἐρημοπλάνος

erēmoplanos

Korybas wanders solitary or deserted places while serving as helper concerning phantasms (XXXIX.4).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
solitude-wandering, roaming deserted places

Meaning

Korybas wanders solitary or deserted places while serving as helper concerning phantasms (XXXIX.4). The landscape term locates his roaming; it need not describe emotional loneliness or a human ascetic practice.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIX · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐρημοπλάνον

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIX.4

Lexical references

LSJ ἐρημοπλάνος (n42377)