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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- quench; extinguish
Meaning
Helios and Adonis are described as quenched and shining (VIII.15; LVI.5). The middle/passive participle expresses the extinguished side of that pairing. Adonis’s circling seasons and Helios’s rays give different settings, so the repeated formula does not by itself establish one physical or seasonal mechanism for both.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σβεννύμενος
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VIII.15; LVI.5