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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- whistling sound
Meaning
At XXXIV.25 Apollo, under the name Pan, sends out the whistlings of the winds. The plural συρίγμαθ’ names sounds, not the pipes themselves. The connection with Pan makes piping imagery readily intelligible, but σύριγξ, the instrument noun, is not the word printed in this line.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 25Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
συρίγμαθ’
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIV.25