From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- many-scented; richly fragrant
Meaning
The Horai are πολύοδμοι among colours and flower-associated breezes (XLIII.4). The compound supplies the olfactory strand of this sensory portrait. It praises richness of fragrance, not a count or recipe of ritual perfumes.
Places to read
- Hymn XLIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολύοδμοι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLIII.4