Explained vocabulary

Thrace — Θρᾴκη

Θρᾴκη

Thraikē

Boreas is summoned from snowy Thrace at LXXX.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Thrace

Meaning

Boreas is summoned from snowy Thrace at LXXX.2. The place-name supplies a northern, cold setting within the hymn’s own imagery. The spelling Θρῄκης differs from the apparatus’s θράκης without denoting another region.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Θρῄκης

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXX.2