Explained vocabulary

Colt — πῶλος

πῶλος

pōlos

In appended Ares the horses carrying the god appear within a celestial description (LXXXVIII.7).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
colt; horse

Meaning

In appended Ares the horses carrying the god appear within a celestial description (LXXXVIII.7). The noun preserves the animal image of his movement rather than identifying one of the constellations as a horse. This attestation belongs to the appended hymn, not the core Ares poem.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

πῶλοι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.7

Lexical references

LSJ πῶλος (n91967)