Explained vocabulary

Gleaming with fire — πυριαυγής

πυριαυγής

pyriaugēs

Zeus drives a fire-gleaming cosmos at XIX.1.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

Browse this book’s lexicon →
English renderings
gleaming with fire

Meaning

Zeus drives a fire-gleaming cosmos at XIX.1. The compound’s πυρι- formation is what the source prints, distinct from πυραυγής in appended Ares. The apparatus reports πυρσαυγέα, a related light-compound; the overlapping brilliance does not require an invented sharp distinction between different kinds of cosmic fire.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIX · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πυριαυγέα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIX.1

Consequential readings

AV034_02