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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- leaper
Meaning
Pan, Dionysos and the Kouretes are called leapers. In the Nereids’ hymn, however, the masculine series at XXIV.6–8 describes dolphins or the other marine creatures: σκιρτηταί belongs beside ὑδροδρόμοι and δελφῖνες, not directly to the female addressees. This marine occurrence shows that the word’s movement is not confined to mountain dancing.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σκιρτητά; Σκιρτηταὶ; σκιρτηταί
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XI.4; XXIV.7; XXXI.1; XLV.7