Explained vocabulary

Trident — τρίαινα

τρίαινα

triaina

Poseidon holds a bronze-worked trident at XVII.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
trident

Meaning

Poseidon holds a bronze-worked trident at XVII.2. The noun names the object directly, with the adjective describing its workmanship. This is firmer textual evidence for a named implement than an object inferred only from the components of an epithet.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

τρίαιναν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XVII.2

Lexical references

LSJ τρίαινα (n104724)