Explained vocabulary

Of the mountains — ὀρέστερος

ὀρέστερος

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The Kouretes are ὀρέστεροι at XXXI.2 among foot-stamping, whirling, and euhoi-crying descriptions.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Of the mountains

Meaning

The Kouretes are ὀρέστεροι at XXXI.2 among foot-stamping, whirling, and euhoi-crying descriptions. Mountain association locates or characterizes their activity without supplying a single named peak.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXI · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὀρέστεροι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXI.2

Lexical references

LSJ n74882 (n74882)