Explained vocabulary

Pleasant-faced — ἡδυπρόσωπος

ἡδυπρόσωπος

hēdyprosōpos

The Hours are pleasant-faced at XLIII.5 alongside their everlasting bloom and circling movement.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
pleasant-faced

Meaning

The Hours are pleasant-faced at XLIII.5 alongside their everlasting bloom and circling movement. The adjective makes their appearance welcoming. It does not identify a facial feature or convert the description into a portrait of individually distinguished Hours.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLIII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἡδυπρόσωποι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLIII.5