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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- year, annual cycle
Meaning
The Year is invoked among the Horae and other powers (Prayer.18). Years elsewhere organize recurring fruitfulness under Plouton (XVIII.5), while all the year marks the continuity of Aphrodite’s worship (LV.25). The noun can be a named cosmic power or a measure of recurrence.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐνιαυτὸν; Ἐνιαυτὸν; ἐνιαυτῶν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.18; XVIII.5; LV.25