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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- flowing from springs
Meaning
The earth’s moistures are πηγόρρυτοι in Oceanus’s hymn (LXXXIII.5). The adjective specifies their source and movement, while χθόνιοι places them below. It belongs grammatically to the moistures, not to Oceanus as an independent epithet.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXIII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πηγόρρυτοι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXIII.5