From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- winged-sandalled
Meaning
Hermes’s winged sandals occur beside friendship toward people and his role as spokesman of speech (XXVIII.4). The compound places the wings on his footwear, not on an unspecified part of his body. It gives his mobile service a concrete visual feature.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πτηνοπέδιλε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVIII.4