From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- earth-shaker
Meaning
Zeus is earth-shaking at XV.8, beside increasing, purification and the wider title “shaker of everything.” This compound names earth specifically as what is shaken. The occurrence is an address to Zeus, even if earth-shaking language is familiar from other gods.
Places to read
- Hymn XV · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σεισίχθων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XV.8