Explained vocabulary

Raving in the mountains — ὀρειμανής

ὀρειμανής

oreimanēs

The Kouretes attend the mountain-raving Mother at XXXI.5.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Raving in the mountains

Meaning

The Kouretes attend the mountain-raving Mother at XXXI.5. The genitive ὀρειμανέος qualifies μητρός, not the attendants themselves. The compound unites setting and ecstatic motion, while its reported alternative ὀρειομανοῦς belongs to the apparatus rather than the adopted line.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὀρειμανέος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXI.5

Consequential readings

AV049_04

Lexical references

LSJ n74816 (n74816)