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Bright-shining — εὐφεγγής

εὐφεγγής

euphengēs

Persephone receives this epithet at XXIX.11 beside “horned” and “longed for by mortals.” Brightness is predicated of a goddess also addressed as queen below the earth, so her underworld setting does not justify translating the word as darkness.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
bright-shining

Meaning

Persephone receives this epithet at XXIX.11 beside “horned” and “longed for by mortals.” Brightness is predicated of a goddess also addressed as queen below the earth, so her underworld setting does not justify translating the word as darkness. The apparatus difference εὐφεγγής concerns the form of address rather than a rival quality.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXIX · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

εὐφεγγές

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXIX.11