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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- goat-limbed
Meaning
Pan is addressed as goat-limbed at XI.5, among his revelry, divine possession and cave-dwelling descriptions. The compound concerns bodily form and the mixture of animal and divine appearance. Its second element is not the word for a melody, so “goat-song” would miss the local sense.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰγομελές
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XI.5