Explained vocabulary

Graceful-faced — χαριτώπης

χαριτώπης

kharitōpēs

Poseidon is χαριτῶπα at XVII.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-faced

Meaning

Poseidon is χαριτῶπα at XVII.5. The adjective characterizes his face or appearance as gracious in the surrounding chariot scene. It is not the same formation as the Moon's feminine χαριτῶπις, though the imagery is closely related.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

χαριτῶπα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XVII.5

Lexical references

LSJ χαριτώπης (n113415)