Explained vocabulary

Send forth — ἵημι

ἵημι

hiēmi

Pan sends forth the whistlings of winds at XXXIV.25 in Apollo’s cosmic-musical description.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
send forth; emit

Meaning

Pan sends forth the whistlings of winds at XXXIV.25 in Apollo’s cosmic-musical description. The participle agrees with Pan, and the whistling is what he emits. “Send” here concerns sound or breath-like movement, not the dispatch of a messenger.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 25Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἱέντα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.25