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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Antaia; Antaie
Meaning
Antaia is the queen and many-named mother addressed at XLI.1, whose subsequent search for Persephone connects the hymn with Demeter. The title may suggest approach or supplication, but the narrative supplies the identification more securely than a bare gloss. The printed Ionic form Ἀνταίη is attributed to Hermann against ἀνταία. The goddess of this hymn, not an explicitly named Semele, bears Eubouleus at XLI.8.
Places to read
- Hymn XLI · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Ἀνταίη
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLI.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΑΝΤΑΙΑΣ · XLI.heading. XLI. ΜΗΤΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΑΙΑΣ
Local sense
Antaia as the Mother's title
Other access forms
Ἀνταία