Explained vocabulary

Horse-loving — φίλιππος

φίλιππος

philippos

The Moon is horse-loving at IX.5.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
horse-loving

Meaning

The Moon is horse-loving at IX.5. The compound adds an affinity for horses to her other powers in the line. It does not itself specify the number of horses in a team or replace the separate vocabulary used for a four-horse chariot elsewhere.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φίλιππε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. IX.5

Lexical references

LSJ φίλιππος (n111042)