Explained vocabulary

Bright to the eye — θαλερόμματος

θαλερόμματος

thalerommatos

Boreas makes the aither θαλερόμματον at LXXX.5 after clearing the weather.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
bright to the eye

Meaning

Boreas makes the aither θαλερόμματον at LXXX.5 after clearing the weather. The compound gives the resulting expanse an enlivening, bright appearance. The visual force fits the following sunlight; “flourishing-eyed” taken literally would misleadingly supply the atmosphere with anatomical eyes.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

θαλερόμματον

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXX.5