From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shoot, offspring
Meaning
The noun carries plant growth into descriptions of divine origin. Aither is a shining growth (V.5); Herakles is Earth’s finest growth (XII.9), while Kronos is offspring of Earth and starry Heaven (XIII.6). Themis, Earth’s young shoot and bud-faced maiden (LXXIX.2), makes the vegetal imagery especially vivid. These different relationships should not be collapsed into one genealogy.
Places to read
- Hymn V · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βλάστημα
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. V.5; XII.9; XIII.6; LXXIX.2