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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- deer-shooting
Meaning
Artemis is addressed as shooter of deer while holding mountain thickets (XXXVI.10). The compound specifies the quarry of her hunting and fits the woodland setting rather than a generalized martial attack.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVI · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐλαφηβόλε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVI.10