From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →- English renderings
- promoting bloom; fostering flourishing
Meaning
Earth, Demeter, Adonis and Asklepios foster flourishing. The fruit-bearing settings make vegetal growth clear, while Asklepios brings the same compound into healing. The printed vocative αὐξιθαλές is repeatedly attributed to Abel against forms in -ής; at LXVII.5 his rearrangement also changes the neighbouring address to the youth. The growth-and-bloom combination remains distinct from mere abundance.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αὐξιθαλές; αὐξιθαλὲς
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XXVI.3; XL.10; LVI.6; LXVII.5