From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- life; livelihood; course of living
Meaning
βίοτος covers both the means and the course of living. The Kouretes destroy it beside possessions, Eos makes it workable, Fortune varies it, and several prayers seek its good completion. Context decides whether livelihood or lifespan is foremost. The βίοτον reported in the apparatus at LXX.4 is not printed there, where the verse has βίον from βίος.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 22Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βιότοιο; βίοτον; βίοτος; βιότου; βιότῳ
Occurrence inventory
10 in total. XI.22; XIII.10; XX.6; XXV.11; XXVIII.11; XXXVIII.16; LIX.11; LX.9; LXXII.6; LXXVIII.12