Explained vocabulary

Fiery or flaming — φλογερός

φλογερός

phlogeros

Hephaistos shines with fiery rays (LXVI.2), while Zeus's hurled thunderbolts are flaming in XIX.7.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fiery or flaming

Meaning

Hephaistos shines with fiery rays (LXVI.2), while Zeus's hurled thunderbolts are flaming in XIX.7. In the latter passage the object continues across the line boundary. The adjective describes rays or bolts rather than supplying a second finite verb for burning.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIX · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φλογεραῖς; φλογερούς

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. XIX.7; LXVI.2

Consequential readings

AV100_02

Lexical references

LSJ φλογερός (n111787)