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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shining with fire
Meaning
Trieterikos is fire-shining beside earth-breaking and the address “youth of two mothers” (LII.9). The adjective describes his radiance. It does not by itself narrate a fiery birth or prescribe a fire used in a rite, senses requiring different contextual evidence.
Places to read
- Hymn LII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πυριφεγγές
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LII.9