Explained vocabulary

To wheel around — κυκλέω

κυκλέω

kykleō

The stars wheel in circular eddies at VII.4.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
To wheel around

Meaning

The stars wheel in circular eddies at VII.4. κυκλέοντες supplies their active motion, while the surrounding words add the path and fiery rushing; the verb itself need not name a technical astronomical mechanism.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κυκλέοντες

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. VII.4

Lexical references

LSJ n60614 (n60614)