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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- torch-bearing
Meaning
Mene is torch-bearing amid nocturnal and starry titles (IX.3); Artemis bears the same epithet amid universal radiance and childbirth language (XXXVI.3). The shared image emphasizes illumination without requiring the two addressees to be substituted for one another.
Places to read
- Hymn IX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δᾳδοῦχε
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. IX.3; XXXVI.3