Explained vocabulary

Phlegraian — Φλεγραῖος

Φλεγραῖος

Phlegraios

Athena destroys the Phlegraian Giants at XXXII.12.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Phlegraian

Meaning

Athena destroys the Phlegraian Giants at XXXII.12. The adjective identifies the Giants through the Phlegraian association. The hymn invokes the victory without narrating its geography or sequence, so an expanded battle story would need its own source.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Φλεγραίων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXII.12