From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- flower; blossom
Meaning
Flowers bloom at the Kouretes' coming and furnish the Horai’s dew-filled robes; Apollo’s seasonal harmony includes spring’s timely flower. Bacchos himself is a sacred flower and remedy at L.6. That last predication turns vegetation into an image of divine relief, unlike the more directly botanical settings.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 23Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄνθεα; ἄνθος; ἀνθῶν
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XXXIV.23; XXXVIII.13; XLIII.6; L.6