Explained vocabulary

Spiral-running, winding-course — ἑλικοδρόμος

ἑλικοδρόμος

helikodromos

The Moon runs a winding or spiral course amid star-ruling and long-robed titles (IX.10).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
spiral-running, winding-course

Meaning

The Moon runs a winding or spiral course amid star-ruling and long-robed titles (IX.10). The compound characterizes her path, not the movement of a worshipper’s dance.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἑλικοδρόμε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. IX.10

Lexical references

LSJ ἑλικοδρόμος (n33697)