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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- deathless; immortal
Meaning
Dionysos is addressed as a deathless daimon at XXX.7, and Adonis is deathless and holy in the Prayer and Aphrodite’s hymn. The shorter formation ἄμβροτος overlaps in meaning with ἀμβρόσιος and ἀθάνατος, but remains a distinct word. Its conjunction with “holy” gives two qualities, not one compound expression.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 41Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄμβροτε; ἄμβροτον
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.41; XXX.7; LV.26