From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- ungirt; without a girdle
Meaning
Hekate is called ungirt at I.6, in a sequence describing her beast-roaring, unassailable appearance. The printed word contributes to that distinctive bodily presentation; it should not be silently replaced by a conjectured reference to weapons. The exact relation of the epithet to her form is best left visible rather than overexplained.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄζωστον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. I.6