From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- fire-bearing
Meaning
The fire-bearing flash accompanies Semele’s birth-pangs and the shaking of Kadmos’s ground (XLIV.4; XLVII.4). In both places the adjective qualifies αὐγή, the flash or brilliance. It is distinct from the wheat-bearing πυροφόροις of XLII.8; similar letters cannot override the different objects and contexts.
Places to read
- Hymn XLIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πυρφόρος; πυρφόρῳ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XLIV.4; XLVII.4