Explained vocabulary

Announcer, messenger — ἐξάγγελος

ἐξάγγελος

exangelos

A dream-vision is an announcer of evil deeds or events (LXXXVI.14).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
announcer, messenger

Meaning

A dream-vision is an announcer of evil deeds or events (LXXXVI.14). The noun gives the vision a communicative role: it makes harmful matters known rather than being identified with those matters itself.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVI · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐξάγγελος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVI.14

Lexical references

LSJ ἐξάγγελος (n36476)