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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- flow or stream
Meaning
Hera's airy movement, Poseidon's deep sea allotment and Egyptian river-water in Mise's invocation all use χεῦμα. The noun can describe a flowing medium rather than one fixed kind of river. The Egyptian water is not explicitly named Nile in XLII.10, even if that geographical identification may suggest itself.
Places to read
- Hymn XVI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
χεῦμα
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XVI.8; XVII.7; XLII.10