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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordπυροσπόρε is retained as the exact printed address-form because its lexical normalization and sense require care.
- In the Orphic HymnsTrieterikos receives πυροσπόρε between wine-vat and Nysian titles (LII.2).
- TranslationThe English gives “sower of fire.” LSJ’s πυρόσπορος cites this locus for “born of fire,” and its displayed accent differs from the source’s πυροσπόρε.
- A place to readThe exact printed form among Dionysian titles and fire-language.
- English renderings
- fire-sowing; fire-born
Meaning
πυροσπόρε is retained as the exact printed address-form because its lexical normalization and sense require care. It is a fire-compound with a seed or sowing association, but the relation can be active, sowing fire, or generative, born or sown from fire. Accent alone is not enough to resolve that relation securely in this edition.
Use in the book
Trieterikos receives πυροσπόρε between wine-vat and Nysian titles (LII.2). The next line calls him thigh-nourished, associated with the winnowing-fan, fire-breathing and lord of rites. Later he is fire-shining and a youth of two mothers. This dense combination makes both fiery agency and fiery generation relevant to the portrait. It does not, however, explain precisely what action of sowing fire the god performs. The reader should therefore retain the translation’s vivid active image while recognizing that a birth-oriented reading has independent lexical support.
Places to read
- Hymn LII · Line 2The exact printed form among Dionysian titles and fire-language.
Translation
The English gives “sower of fire.” LSJ’s πυρόσπορος cites this locus for “born of fire,” and its displayed accent differs from the source’s πυροσπόρε. A separate adopted πυρίσπορε at XLV.1 is translated “born of fire.” These facts justify cross-reference and an explicit alternative, not silent correction of the printed form or a claim that the active/passive distinction has been conclusively settled by accent. The source label remains the safest point of access.
Attested forms
πυροσπόρε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LII.2
Lexical references
Further source
LSJ, πυρόσπορος. Lexical sense or textual qualification checked in the official Perseus LSJ entry; the supplied Greek remains primary.