From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- high-built or high-roofed
Meaning
Aither holds Zeus's high-built power at V.1. The adjective has architectural colouring but modifies an abstract power in the printed phrase. A translation that simply supplies a palace would smooth away that unusual combination rather than explain it.
Places to read
- Hymn V · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑψιμέλαθρον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. V.1