From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →- English renderings
- ox, cattle
Meaning
Demeter is credited with first yoking the necks of oxen for ploughing (XL.8). The animals belong to the hymn’s account of cultivated livelihood, not to a stated sacrificial action.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βοῶν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XL.8