From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- depth, sea-depth
Meaning
The depths are an inhabited divine region. Sea creatures dwell there in XXIV.6, Palaimon occupies holy salt-billowed depths in LXXV.2, and Aphrodite’s sphere includes the deep of the sea in LV.7. These uses are spatial, although they belong to praise of divine reach.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βυθόν; βυθοὺς; βυθῷ
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXIV.6; LV.7; LXXV.2