Explained vocabulary

Made of gold — χρυσεότευκτος

χρυσεότευκτος

khryseoteuktos

Aphrodite's chariot is gold-made at LV.18.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
made of gold

Meaning

Aphrodite's chariot is gold-made at LV.18. The compound emphasizes construction or material rather than only golden light. The object is the vehicle in an alternative location-and-arrival scene, not the goddess's body.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LV · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χρυσεοτεύκτοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LV.18

Lexical references

LSJ χρυσεότευκτος (n114824)