Explained vocabulary

Delight — χάρμα

χάρμα

kharma

Dionysos is a delight for mortals at L.7.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
delight

Meaning

Dionysos is a delight for mortals at L.7. The noun presents the god himself as a source or embodiment of pleasure, with φιλάλυπον adding the relation to freedom from grief. It remains a distinct word from χαρά and χαρμοσύνη.

Places to read

  1. Hymn L · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χάρμα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. L.7

Lexical references

LSJ χάρμα (n113420)