Explained vocabulary

Horse — ἵππος

ἵππος

hippos

Plouton conveys his bride with a four-horse team beneath an Attic cave at XVIII.14.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
horse

Meaning

Plouton conveys his bride with a four-horse team beneath an Attic cave at XVIII.14. The instrumental dative identifies the means of transport. The numeral belongs to the team, and the horses should not be confused with the separate equestrian titles of Poseidon or Athena.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XVIII · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἵπποισιν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XVIII.14