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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- leap; springing movement
Meaning
Notos is invoked as a swift leap through the air at LXXXII.1. The noun makes the wind’s movement itself the opening form of address. Swiftness and wet travel come from its modifiers; the “leap” is not a narrated jump by a human dancer.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πήδημα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXII.1