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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- radiance; gleam
Meaning
The Prayer invokes the Moon’s radiance, and hymn VII invokes that of the Stars. Zeus flashes radiance from clouds, while appended Ares sheds a tempered gleam on life. The noun names emitted or visible light across these contexts; it does not require the same source or effect in each.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σέλας
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. Prayer.4; VII.1; XX.3; LXXXVIII.10