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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- torn away; carried off
Meaning
At XVIII.13 Persephone is described as torn from the meadow in the marriage and abduction narrative. The feminine accusative ἀποσπαδίην refers to the daughter, not to a manner adverb meaning simply “separately.” The apparatus attributes this printed form to Sanctamandus against ἀποσπαδάην, so the grammatical reading is an editorial choice.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀποσπαδίην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.13