Explained vocabulary

Twin-bearing — διδυμητόκος

διδυμητόκος

didymētokos

Leto is addressed as bearer of twins before the hymn names Apollo and Artemis (XXXV.1).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
twin-bearing

Meaning

Leto is addressed as bearer of twins before the hymn names Apollo and Artemis (XXXV.1). The printed διδυματόκε preserves an alpha-bearing dialect form; the lookup headword is not permission to respell the verse.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXV · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

διδυματόκε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXV.1

Lexical references

LSJ διδυμητόκος (n26428)