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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- smoothly rolling
Meaning
At XXII.2 εὔτροχα describes the manner in which the sea-queen swells in waves. The neuter plural is used adverbially with κυμαίνουσαν, so it is not an address to a goddess called “well-wheeled.” Rolling motion is the point of the image; no actual vehicle is introduced.
Places to read
- Hymn XXII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὔτροχα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXII.2