Explained vocabulary

Mad for dancing — χοροιμανής

χοροιμανής

khoroimanēs

Dionysos is mad for the dance at LII.7, alongside his leadership of revels.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
mad for dancing

Meaning

Dionysos is mad for the dance at LII.7, alongside his leadership of revels. The expanded epic compound has a force more intense than simply being a dancer. Its supplied spelling remains intact rather than being silently reduced to the related χορομανής.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

χοροιμανές

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LII.7

Lexical references

LSJ χοροιμανής (n114449)