From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- life; life’s course
Meaning
Dike, Law, Asklepios and Daimon are connected with life’s allotted day or good completion through βιοτή. The genitive βιοτῆς frames the endpoint of a lived course, especially in petitions for a good outcome. It is a distinct feminine noun, not an inflection of appended βιότης, whose stem contains -τητ-.
Places to read
- Hymn LXII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βιοτῆς
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. LXII.11; LXIV.7; LXVII.8; LXXIII.9