From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- attendant; serving
Meaning
Mise is imagined beside Egypt’s stream with attendant foster-mothers at XLII.10. The adjective qualifies the nurses already named by τιθήναις, rather than adding a second group of companions. It tells the reader how those women stand in relation to the divine scene.
Places to read
- Hymn XLII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀμφιπόλοισι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLII.10