From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- gloom-like; dark
Meaning
The adjective describes night’s veil, the region beneath which Plouton establishes his throne, and the night of Melinoe’s visitations. It can attach to a garment-image, a place, or a time. Its shared darkness need not mean that each passage refers to the underworld: the stars’ illuminated night-veil remains a celestial scene.
Places to read
- Hymn VII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ζοφοειδέα
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. VII.10; XVIII.8; LXXI.9