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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- lightning; flash
Meaning
Zeus flashes the brilliance of ethereal lightning and kindles lightning amid cloud-filled waters (XIX.2, 4). The noun identifies the luminous storm phenomenon. It accompanies but is not identical in grammatical role to κεραυνός, the thunderbolt addressed and described in the hymn.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
στεροπὴν; στεροπῆς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XIX.2; XIX.4