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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- snowy
Meaning
Boreas is summoned from snowy Thrace at LXXX.2. The adjective qualifies the named region as the source of the wind's arrival. It is a landscape description, not an assertion that every part of the hymn's setting is covered in snow.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
χιονώδεος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXX.2