From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- clatter; crashing noise
Meaning
The Clouds hold a shudder-inducing πάταγος in the bosom of the air (XXI.4). The noun names the frightening noise of the storm. The following line’s related verb παταγέω turns the same acoustic quality into an action of the moving clouds.
Places to read
- Hymn XXI · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πάταγον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXI.4