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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- master, lord
Meaning
Helios is master of the cosmos (VIII.16), with the genitive defining the reach of his title. Asklepios is addressed as lord Paian (LXVII.1) without such an expressed domain. The title honours sovereignty but takes its particular force from the accompanying name and construction.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δέσποτα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VIII.16; LXVII.1