Explained vocabulary

Swift-rushing — εὐρόθιος

εὐρόθιος

eurothios

Zeus hurls thunderbolts described as εὐροθίους and flaming at XIX.7.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
swift-rushing

Meaning

Zeus hurls thunderbolts described as εὐροθίους and flaming at XIX.7. The adjective continues the account of the missiles from line 5, emphasizing their rushing movement. The apparatus reports ἐς ῥοθίους, a divided phrase whose construction is not securely explained by the short note; it is not merely another inflection of the adopted compound.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIX · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

εὐροθίους

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIX.7

Consequential readings

AV034_06