Explained vocabulary

Maker or leader of dance — χοροποιός

χοροποιός

khoropoios

Apollo is χοροποιός at XXXIV.6.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
maker or leader of dance

Meaning

Apollo is χοροποιός at XXXIV.6. The nominative functions within the direct address and need not be emended into a vocative ending. The epithet gives him an organizing or producing relation to dance, distinct from calling him only a participant.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χοροποιός

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.6

Lexical references

LSJ χοροποιός (n114467)