From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →- English renderings
- Back
Meaning
At XXIV.4 νῶτα belongs to the image of Nereids riding with Tritons, chariots, and animal forms. The bodily noun supplies the backs around which the scene is organized; it should not be silently translated as a geographical ridge.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νῶτα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIV.4