From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- light-giver; illuminator
Meaning
Selene is called a light-giver at IX.5. The feminine agent formation names what she supplies, distinct from the more directional καταυγάστειρα elsewhere. The apparatus attributes αὐγάστειρα to Abel against αὐγήστειρα and αὐγήτειρα; the adopted spelling is preserved as the lookup form rather than silently harmonized.
Places to read
- Hymn IX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αὐγάστειρα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. IX.5