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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Cloud; cloud mass
Meaning
νέφος describes clouds covering Zeus’s winged storm weapon, clouds associated with lightning’s radiance, and the dark clouds whose mother is the sea goddess. The heading XXI uses its plural genitive, while the verse invocation uses related νεφέλη. The two nouns overlap in reference but remain distinct lexical formations.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νεφέεσσι; νεφέων
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XIX.7; XX.3; XXII.7
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΝΕΦΩΝ · XXI.heading. XXI. ΝΕΦΩΝ
Local sense
clouds collectively addressed