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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Aphrodite
Meaning
Aphrodite is directly named at the opening of her own hymn and appears in the birth-language of Dionysos and chthonic Hermes. At XLVI.3 she accompanies the Nymphs in the image of beloved offspring; at LVII.4 she is the Paphian maiden in the local lineage. Those constructions should remain as printed rather than being replaced with a more familiar genealogy from elsewhere.
Places to read
- Hymn XLVI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Ἀφροδίτη; Ἀφροδίτης
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XLVI.3; LV.1; LVII.4
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ · LV.heading. LV. ΕΙΣ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ
Local sense
Aphrodite as the hymn's divine recipient