Explained vocabulary

Teach — διδάσκω

διδάσκω

didaskō

Themis teaches lord Phoibos the giving of ordinances (LXXIX.6).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
teach

Meaning

Themis teaches lord Phoibos the giving of ordinances (LXXIX.6). Teaching here transmits an authoritative activity from one divine figure to another; Apollo is the learner, not the subject of the teaching verb.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXIX · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐδίδαξε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXIX.6

Lexical references

LSJ διδάσκω (n26412)