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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sickle
Meaning
Demeter rejoices in the sickles of summer (XL.11). The harvesting tools make seasonal fruitfulness an agricultural activity, alongside the hymn’s attention to ploughing and cultivated life.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δρεπάνοις
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XL.11