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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shore; beach
Meaning
The shore is the point where the sea goddess breaks waves on land and rocks (XXII.4), but it is also the setting of Aphrodite’s light Thyiadic leap on sand (LV.23). The noun supplies the same land-water boundary to two quite different scenes. The wave’s impact should not be carried over into the goddess’s dance.
Places to read
- Hymn XXII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰγιαλοῖς; αἰγιαλοῖσι
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXII.4; LV.23