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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Dark-skinned; dark-surfaced
Meaning
The epithet colours Ouranos at IV.7 and the Eumenides at LXX.6. In the latter passage the dark queens flash light from their eyes, giving darkness and brightness a deliberate bodily contrast. The plural κυανόχρωτοι is an expanded-stem form of this same descriptive compound.
Places to read
- Hymn IV · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κυανόχρως; κυανόχρωτοι
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. IV.7; LXX.6