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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- receive, accept
Meaning
The forms δέξαι and δέξο ask deities to receive sacred offerings: Persephone, Liknites, Plouton and Hestia are the recipients (XXIX.2; XLVI.8; XVIII.3; LXXXIV.7). Welcome and willingness matter in the surrounding words. The request is for divine acceptance, not merely the physical transfer of an object.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δέξαι; δέξο
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XVIII.3; XXIX.2; XLVI.8; LXXXIV.7