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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- fire-breathing
Meaning
Aither, Physis and Trieterikos are fire-breathing. The source’s contracted πυρίπνους and fuller πυρίπνοε belong to the same adjective, preserving the same breath-image. At LII.3 the reported πυριπόλε is a different fire-compound, not another inflection that may automatically receive the breathing sense.
Places to read
- Hymn V · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πυρίπνοε; πυρίπνους
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. V.3; X.26; LII.3