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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shining
Meaning
Helios's rays are shining at VIII.15. The adjective makes their luminous quality explicit rather than describing the god's moral favour or the speed of his course. It belongs with the noun for rays in the source construction.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φαειναῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. VIII.15