From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- clatter; crash
Meaning
The Clouds are the subject of παταγεῦσαι, a feminine plural participle describing their noisy, wind-driven course (XXI.5). Their movement is both audible and forceful. The printed form is not an instruction to the worshippers to make a clattering sound.
Places to read
- Hymn XXI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παταγεῦσαι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXI.5