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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- serpentine, of serpents
Meaning
Demeter yokes her chariot with serpentine bridles (XL.14). The adjective establishes the serpent association but does not alone decide whether the bridles are for serpents, serpent-shaped or otherwise imagined as belonging to them.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δρακοντείοισιν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XL.14