Explained vocabulary

Olympian — Ὀλύμπιος

Ὀλύμπιος

Olympios

Zeus is Olympian in Rheia’s address as his mother at XIV.4.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Olympian

Meaning

Zeus is Olympian in Rheia’s address as his mother at XIV.4. The adjective gives a divine location or affiliation alongside lordship and aegis-bearing; it is not itself a second personal name.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Ὀλυμπίου

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIV.4

Lexical references

LSJ n73353 (n73353)