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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- two-horned
Meaning
The epithet describes Dionysos (XXX.3), Pan in Apollo’s hymn (XXXIV.25), and Adonis (LVI.6). Horned appearance is the shared feature, not proof that the three names are interchangeable. The forms δίκερως and δικέρωτα are preserved together under this lexical destination.
Places to read
- Hymn XXX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δίκερως; δικέρωτ’; δικέρωτα
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXX.3; XXXIV.25; LVI.6