Explained vocabulary

To stain — παλάσσω

παλάσσω

palassō

Ares is continually stained with slaughter at LXV.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
To stain; to spatter

Meaning

Ares is continually stained with slaughter at LXV.3. The perfect participle πεπαλαγμένος presents the resulting condition of battle’s violence, while “always” makes that condition persistent in the portrait.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXV · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πεπαλαγμένος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXV.3

Lexical references

LSJ παλάσσω (n76812)