Explained vocabulary

Enclose, contain — ἔργω

ἔργω

ergō

Heaven encloses within itself all the things that tremble at Zeus (XV.5).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
enclose, contain

Meaning

Heaven encloses within itself all the things that tremble at Zeus (XV.5). The expanded ἐέργει is the enclosing verb, not a form of working or doing. It defines a spatial extent for the surrounding cosmic response.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐέργει

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XV.5

Consequential readings

AV029_03

Lexical references

LSJ ἔργω1 (n42224)