Explained vocabulary

The heavenly gods — Οὐρανίωνες

Οὐρανίωνες

Ouraniōnes

Prayer.22 invokes the messenger of the οὐρανίωνες.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
The heavenly gods

Meaning

Prayer.22 invokes the messenger of the οὐρανίωνες. The genitive plural οὐρανιώνων identifies the heavenly ones whose messenger is summoned; it is a substantive divine designation, not the ordinary genitive plural of οὐράνιος.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 22Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

οὐρανιώνων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.22

Lexical references

LSJ Οὐρανίωνες (n75929)