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Female messenger — ἀγγελίεια

ἀγγελίεια

angelieia

The feminine noun addresses Eos as messenger of a great, gentle Titan (LXXVIII.3).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
female messenger

Meaning

The feminine noun addresses Eos as messenger of a great, gentle Titan (LXXVIII.3). It names the bearer of a message, not the message itself. The genitive phrase identifies whose messenger she is while leaving that Titan unnamed in the line. The apparatus query αγγελιῶτι? proposes another feminine messenger form. It is an editorial question, not an adopted verse form or a reported manuscript attribution.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀγγελίεια

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVIII.3

Consequential readings

AV117_02