Explained vocabulary

Radiance — φέγγος

φέγγος

phengos

The Moon is invited to come with her radiance at IX.11.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
radiance

Meaning

The Moon is invited to come with her radiance at IX.11. The dative φέγγεϊ presents that brightness as accompanying her arrival. It is a separate noun from φάος and αὐγή, even where a translator naturally uses similar English for all three.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φέγγεϊ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. IX.11

Lexical references

LSJ φέγγος (n110477)