From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Mighty in spirit; vehement
Meaning
Ares, Herakles, Rheia, Zeus, Plouton, Athena, and Hephaistos receive ὀβριμόθυμος, so the compound crosses gender and divine sphere. At XIX.6 it is transferred to the storm weapons themselves, describing forceful impact rather than a literal human-like psyche inside a bolt. The apparatus repeatedly reports spellings with ὀμβριμο-; these are not independent rain-epithets to be inferred from resemblance to ὄμβρος.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὀβριμόθυμε; ὀβριμοθύμους
Occurrence inventory
10 in total. Prayer.10; XII.1; XIV.7; XV.6; XVIII.1; XIX.6; XXXII.2; LXV.1; LXVI.1; LXXXVIII.2