Explained vocabulary

Smintheus — Σμινθεύς

Σμινθεύς

Smintheus

Smintheus is one of Apollo’s titles at XXXIV.4, amid Gryneian, Python-slaying and Delphic designations.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Smintheus

Meaning

Smintheus is one of Apollo’s titles at XXXIV.4, amid Gryneian, Python-slaying and Delphic designations. The verse securely supplies the name and its addressee. Proposed place-name or mouse-related explanations require further evidence and should not be settled by the list alone.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Σμινθεῦ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.4

Lexical references

LSJ Σμινθεύς (n95522)