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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- quick-glancing
Meaning
Aphrodite is quick-glancing in the description of Hermes’s parentage (LVII.4). The epithet animates her eyes within the named maternal relationship, rather than assigning a fixed eye colour.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἑλικοβλεφάρου
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LVII.4