From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- loud-resounding
Meaning
Zeus brings forth resounding mountain ridges (XV.4), and Athena holds loud-resounding heights (XXXII.4). The compound's second element concerns sound, so high-rising alone misses part of the image. At XXXII.4 the reported ὑψαύχενας offers a different high-necked or towering picture, not a synonym to substitute silently.
Places to read
- Hymn XV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑψηχέας; ὑψηχέες
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XV.4; XXXII.4