Explained vocabulary

Gold-gleaming — χρυσαυγής

χρυσαυγής

khrysaugēs

Helios the Titan is gold-gleaming at VIII.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
gold-gleaming

Meaning

Helios the Titan is gold-gleaming at VIII.2. The compound presents luminous appearance through the colour or splendour of gold. It does not state that the sun's body is literally manufactured from that material.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VIII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χρυσαυγής

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. VIII.2

Lexical references

LSJ χρυσαυγής (n114788)