Explained vocabulary

Easily — ῥεῖα

ῥεῖα

rheia

The cosmic constituents move easily at Pan’s commands, and things come to light easily through Zeus’s head (XI.18; XV.3).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
easily

Meaning

The cosmic constituents move easily at Pan’s commands, and things come to light easily through Zeus’s head (XI.18; XV.3). This adverb describes manner. It is not the goddess Rhea’s name; the syntax and printed breathing distinguish them. At XI.18 the reported θεῖα would instead call the things divine.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XI · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ῥεῖα

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. XI.18; XV.3

Consequential readings

AV023_01

Lexical references

LSJ ῥεῖα (n92273)