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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Hair-raising
Meaning
At XIX.8 ὀρθοέθειρον qualifies Zeus’s winged weapon alongside dread and heart-shaking. The compound describes the fearful bodily response it produces, rather than a hairstyle possessed by the thunderbolt.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὀρθοέθειρον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIX.8