Explained vocabulary

Clear-voiced — λιγύφωνος

λιγύφωνος

ligyphōnos

The Muses born to Mnemosyne are λιγυφώνους at LXXVII.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Clear-voiced

Meaning

The Muses born to Mnemosyne are λιγυφώνους at LXXVII.2. The compound explicitly locates clarity or piercing sweetness in the voice, completing a description that also calls them sacred and pure.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

λιγυφώνους

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVII.2

Lexical references

LSJ n63111 (n63111)