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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- step; tread; dance-step
Meaning
The Kouretes set armed steps at XXXI.1, and Dionysos tosses danced steps through the woods at XLVI.4. The noun names performed bodily movement in both scenes. A speaker’s raised platform, another possible association of βῆμα, would have no place in these constructions.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXI · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βήματα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXXI.1; XLVI.4