Explained vocabulary

Fair-stoned — εὔλιθος

εὔλιθος

eulithos

Water breaks out within a shadowy, fair-stoned cave in the Moirai hymn (LIX.4).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fair-stoned

Meaning

Water breaks out within a shadowy, fair-stoned cave in the Moirai hymn (LIX.4). The adjective describes the cave’s stony quality or beauty. It does not specify a particular mineral, building method or archaeological site.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

εὐλίθου

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LIX.4

Consequential readings

AV090_05