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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- stroke; sweep; thrust
Meaning
The strokes of Protogonos’s wings carry his whirling motion through the cosmos (VI.7). The genitive πτερύγων specifies their source, while the dative presents the means of movement. The noun describes the wings’ thrust, not an independently named wind.
Places to read
- Hymn VI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ῥιπαῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. VI.7