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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- aegis-bearing
Meaning
Both occurrences qualify Zeus in a kinship phrase: Hera is his consort in Prayer.16, and Rhea his mother at XIV.4. The genitive αἰγιόχοιο therefore belongs to Zeus, not to the goddess being invoked. The epithet presents the familiar bearer of the aegis while the sentence foregrounds his relation to another deity.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰγιόχοιο
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.16; XIV.4