Explained vocabulary

Fit together — ἁρμόζω

ἁρμόζω

harmozō

Apollo tunes or fits together as he moves between the limits of the musical scale at XXXIV.17.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fit together; tune

Meaning

Apollo tunes or fits together as he moves between the limits of the musical scale at XXXIV.17. The surrounding references to registers and modes make music the immediate setting. The verb then helps the reader understand how musical adjustment can become an image for the god’s wider ordering activity.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἁρμόζεις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.17

Lexical references

LSJ ἁρμόζω (n15274)