Explained vocabulary

Leaf — φύλλον

φύλλον

phyllon

Leaves rustle amid the violent movement associated with the Kouretes at XXXVIII.19.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
leaf

Meaning

Leaves rustle amid the violent movement associated with the Kouretes at XXXVIII.19. The plural gives audible detail to the surrounding disturbance of trees. It is not a figurative name for a group of worshippers or for written pages.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXVIII · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φύλλων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXVIII.19

Lexical references

LSJ φύλλον (n112599)