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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Sea-swell
Meaning
οἶδμα describes the Tritonian deep, the water over which Aphrodite travels, and the sea where Palaimon averts wrath. It stresses the swelling expanse or movement of the water, while κῦμα more directly names a wave or waves.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
οἶδμα
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXIV.6; LV.20; LXXV.8