Explained vocabulary

Grape-bearing — βοτρυηφόρος

βοτρυηφόρος

botryēphoros

Dionysos bears grape clusters beside his description as robed in shoots (XXX.5).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
grape-bearing

Meaning

Dionysos bears grape clusters beside his description as robed in shoots (XXX.5). The epithet presents the vine’s fruit as part of his appearance and productive character, rather than naming a separate figure.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βοτρυηφόρον

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXX.5

Consequential readings

AV048_01

Lexical references

LSJ βοτρυηφόρος (n20454)