Explained vocabulary

Grape-adorned — βοτρυόκοσμος

βοτρυόκοσμος

botryokosmos

The god of LII.11 is adorned with grape clusters in a sequence that also gives him a thyrsos-spear and places him in a lap.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
grape-adorned

Meaning

The god of LII.11 is adorned with grape clusters in a sequence that also gives him a thyrsos-spear and places him in a lap. Adornment, rather than merely production, distinguishes this word from grape-bearing βοτρυηφόρος.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βοτρυόκοσμε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LII.11

Lexical references

LSJ βοτρυόκοσμος (n20461)