From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sovereign in one’s own right; self-ruling
Meaning
The Eumenides are self-ruling ladies at LXX.8 beside everlasting and fearful descriptions. The feminine formation expresses independent authority within the hymn’s divine portrait. Modern constitutional ideas such as an autocratic state are not specified by this compact title.
Places to read
- Hymn LXX · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αὐτοκράτειραι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXX.8