From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- cattle herdsman
Meaning
Pan rejoices among cattle herdsmen and goatherds at the springs (XI.8). The pastoral company anchors the word’s occupational sense; it should not automatically acquire the ritual possibilities of βουκόλος elsewhere.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βούταις
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XI.8