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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To flash; to gleam
Meaning
Faces glitter in lightning’s flashes at XIX.15, whereas the Kouretes flash in armour at XXXVIII.10. The verb describes reflected or emitted brilliance without deciding the physical source by itself; the surrounding words supply lightning in one passage and arms in the other.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μαρμαίρει; μαρμαίροντες
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XIX.15; XXXVIII.10