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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Argeiphontes; Argos-slayer
Meaning
Argeiphontes names Hermes in his messenger hymn at XXVIII.3. “Argos-slayer” is a familiar English access cue for the epithet, but the hymn does not narrate that killing. The title participates in the invocation’s accumulation of recognizable Hermes names and capacities.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Ἀργειφόντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVIII.3