Explained vocabulary

Graceful — χαρίεις

χαρίεις

kharieis

The Nymphs accompanying Dionysos's frenzy are graceful at XLVI.5.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
graceful

Meaning

The Nymphs accompanying Dionysos's frenzy are graceful at XLVI.5. The dative χαρίεσσιν agrees with them. It is an adjective, not a form of χαρίζομαι, give favour or please, despite the close lexical relationship.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLVI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χαρίεσσιν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLVI.5

Lexical references

LSJ χαρίεις (n113379)