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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- salty; briny
Meaning
Poseidon shakes salty water with the sea’s roar at XVII.6. Ordinary seawater salinity is the immediate quality expressed by ἁλμυρός. The adjective helps make the god’s marine power sensory, alongside the sound and movement of the same water.
Places to read
- Hymn XVII · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἁλμυρὸν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVII.6