Explained vocabulary

Straight-running — εὐθύδρομος

εὐθύδρομος

euthydromos

Tethys is asked to send a favourable wind to straight-running ships (XXII.10).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
straight-running

Meaning

Tethys is asked to send a favourable wind to straight-running ships (XXII.10). The compound makes direction explicit, complementing the broader successful-motion sense of εὔδρομος.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

εὐθυδρόμοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXII.10