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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- blaze
Meaning
Zeus kindles blazing lightning at XIX.4. The participle describes the lightning's fiery activity, while the main verb gives Zeus the act of kindling it. Keeping the two actions separate preserves the sentence's agent and object.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φλεγέθουσαν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIX.4