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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- radiance-bearing
Meaning
Physis is light-bearing even within a nocturnal description (X.6). Aither’s luminous growth likewise carries radiance at V.5. The compound expresses the bearing of brightness rather than its perception, and should be kept distinct from all-seeing epithets.
Places to read
- Hymn V · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σελασφόρε; σελασφόρον
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. V.5; X.6