Explained vocabulary

Shaded — σκιόεις

σκιόεις

skioeis

Athena delights in shadowy mountains and glens at XXXII.5.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
shaded; shadowy

Meaning

Athena delights in shadowy mountains and glens at XXXII.5. The adjective qualifies the mountains, contributing to their wooded or sheltered appearance. Its -όεις formation is distinct from σκιερός even though both describe shade.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

σκιόεντα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXII.5

Lexical references

LSJ σκιόεις (n94895)