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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- foundation; base
Meaning
Nereus shakes Demeter’s holy foundation at XXIII.5, in a description of power over winds and sea. The foundation evokes the ground supporting cultivation and the goddess’s sphere. No statue pedestal is named, so that more specialized meaning should not be assumed here.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βάθρον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIII.5