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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- surge in waves around
Meaning
Oceanus is the subject of περικυμαίνει as he breaks in waves around the earth’s bounding circle (LXXXIII.3). The compound unites wave-motion with enclosure. “Flows around” should retain this surging water-image rather than reduce the line to a purely geometrical boundary.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
περικυμαίνει
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXIII.3