Explained vocabulary

Resounding with drums — τυμπανόδουπος

τυμπανόδουπος

tympanodoupos

Rhea is addressed as resounding with drums at XIV.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
resounding with drums

Meaning

Rhea is addressed as resounding with drums at XIV.3. The compound makes the drum's sound part of her audible presence. It supplies drum-language but not a separate occurrence of the simplex τύμπανον, nor a complete instruction for how an actual performance is to be accompanied.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XIV · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

τυμπανόδουπτε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIV.3

Lexical references

LSJ τυμπανόδουπος (n105906)