From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- light-winged
Meaning
The west-wind breezes are light-winged, unseen, and air-formed at LXXXI.6. Wings make their movement imaginable while their invisibility remains explicit. The adjective contributes to their airy ease rather than establishing visible bird-like bodies in the scene.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κουφόπτεροι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXI.6