Explained vocabulary

Worked in bronze — χαλκοτόρευτος

χαλκοτόρευτος

khalkotoreutos

Poseidon's trident is worked in bronze at XVII.2.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
worked in bronze

Meaning

Poseidon's trident is worked in bronze at XVII.2. The adjective specifies workmanship and material of the named object. It does not qualify Poseidon's body or turn the trident into a metaphorical piece of music.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XVII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χαλκοτόρευτον

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XVII.2

Lexical references

LSJ χαλκοτόρευτος (n113175)