Explained vocabulary

Dark-complexioned — κελαινόχρως

κελαινόχρως

kelainokhrōs

Dawn dispels night’s dark-coloured course at LXXVIII.4.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
dark-complexioned

Meaning

Dawn dispels night’s dark-coloured course at LXXVIII.4. The common-gender compound can agree with feminine πορείην, unlike the neighbouring ζοφόεντα whose agreement is problematic. The apparatus’s accent difference does not create a different dark-colour word, and its unadopted full-line query should remain distinct from the printed text.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κελαινόχρωτα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVIII.4

Consequential readings

AV117_05