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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- feed, nourish
Meaning
The verb describes nourishment beyond human eating. The sea feeds the bodies of its creatures (XXIV.5), and Pan sustains the human race throughout the cosmos (XI.20). Rhea feeds the all-generating winds in LVIII.6, extending the same sustaining activity to powers that themselves produce life.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 20Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βόσκει; βόσκων
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XI.20; XXIV.5; LVIII.6