From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- manifest; conspicuous
Meaning
Zeus is called περίφαντος in the lightning hymn’s opening invocation (XX.1), alongside greatness, holiness and loud crashing. The epithet stresses conspicuous manifestation. Its setting gives visibility a storm-lit context without making the word itself a technical name for lightning.
Places to read
- Hymn XX · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
περίφαντον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XX.1