Explained vocabulary

Frenzied — μανικός

μανικός

manikos

The nymphs are μανικαί at LI.15, alongside Nysian, healing, and spring-delighting descriptions.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Frenzied

Meaning

The nymphs are μανικαί at LI.15, alongside Nysian, healing, and spring-delighting descriptions. Frenzy belongs to their lively divine character in this sequence; the juxtaposed healing epithet prevents treating it merely as an affliction suffered by them.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LI · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

μανικαί

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LI.15

Consequential readings

AV070_02; AV078_01

Lexical references

LSJ n64923 (n64923)