From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- groan; resound with groaning
Meaning
The deep-eddying sea groans amid the Kouretes’ destructive disturbance (XXXVIII.17). The singular verb makes the sea the sounding subject. Its personifying force conveys the violence of the scene without requiring a separately named lamenting sea-god.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
στοναχεῖ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.17