Explained vocabulary

Loud-thundering — ἐρίγδουπος

ἐρίγδουπος

erigdoupos

Zeus is loud-thundering as father of the Muses (LXXVI.1).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
loud-thundering

Meaning

Zeus is loud-thundering as father of the Muses (LXXVI.1). The epithet identifies the powerful father within a genealogy; the hymn does not describe a thunderstorm at that moment.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVI · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐριγδούποιο

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVI.1

Lexical references

LSJ ἐρίγδουπος (n42415)