Explained vocabulary

Wife, spouse — δάμαρ

δάμαρ

damar

Persephone is the much-honoured wife of Plouton (XXIX.3).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
wife, spouse

Meaning

Persephone is the much-honoured wife of Plouton (XXIX.3). The relational noun is qualified by esteem and followed by life-giving language; it identifies her position in this invocation rather than recounting the marriage.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXIX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

δάμαρ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXIX.3

Lexical references

LSJ δάμαρ (n23363)