Explained vocabulary

Mist — ὁμίχλη

ὁμίχλη

homikhlē

Protogonos disperses dark ὁμίχλη from the eyes at VI.6.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Mist

Meaning

Protogonos disperses dark ὁμίχλη from the eyes at VI.6. The noun supplies the obscuring veil against which his light becomes effective. The passage can carry a disclosure-image, but the word itself does not identify a particular doctrine formerly hidden from the worshipper.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὁμίχλην

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. VI.6

Lexical references

LSJ n73509 (n73509)