From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- earth-breaking; bursting from earth
Meaning
Lysios and Trieterikos receive the vocative ῥήξιχθον (L.5; LII.9). The English “earth-breaker” stresses breaking, while LSJ at LII.9 emphasizes bursting forth from earth. Emergence therefore remains a live interpretation. The compound alone does not decide between ploughing, an earthquake and other kinds of earth-opening action.
Places to read
- Hymn L · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ῥήξιχθον
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. L.5; LII.9
Lexical references
Further source
LSJ, ῥηξίχθων. Lexical sense or textual qualification checked in the official Perseus LSJ entry; the supplied Greek remains primary.