Explained vocabulary

Blazing — ζαφλεγής

ζαφλεγής

zaphlegēs

The horses of Ares are blazing at LXXXVIII.8.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
blazing

Meaning

The horses of Ares are blazing at LXXXVIII.8. They carry him above a celestial circuit, so the epithet gives a fiery quality to his team within the appended hymn’s cosmic imagery. It modifies the horses continued from the preceding line, not the circuit or Ares directly.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ζαφλεγέες

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.8