Explained vocabulary

Athena — Ἀθηνᾶ

Ἀθηνᾶ

Athēna

The name Ἀθηνᾶ is supplied by the heading of hymn XXXII.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Athena

Meaning

The name Ἀθηνᾶ is supplied by the heading of hymn XXXII. It identifies the recipient of an address whose verse also calls her Pallas and Tritogeneia. Keeping the heading name separately retrievable makes those familiar names accessible without pretending that the heading form is itself a verse occurrence.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXII · HeadingRead the word in its hymn.

Heading and incense rubric evidence

ΑΘΗΝΑΣ · XXXII.heading. XXXII. ΑΘΗΝΑΣ

Local sense

Athena as the hymn's divine recipient