From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- winged; flying
Meaning
The adjective describes the thunderbolt as a flying weapon, Herakles’s missile-like means of expelling dooms, and winged creatures in catalogues of life. Its object is therefore crucial: XII.16 does not introduce a flock of birds. There the adjacent ἰοβόλοις also requires attention to the arrow and poison language.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πτηνοῖς; πτηνὸν; πτηνῶν
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XII.16; XIX.8; XXXVII.5; LXXVIII.11