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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To rush; to set in motion
Meaning
At XXXVIII.11 ὁρμώντων describes the Kouretes rushing, as the surrounding second-person address makes clear. Its genitive subject is implicit. The preceding nominative “beasts” is not the subject of this participle: the beasts cower at the Kouretes’ movement.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὁρμώντων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.11